The Sullivan Surname
- Meaning
- descendant of the dark-eyed one
- Type
- Descriptive (nickname)
- Root
- Irish Ó Súilleabháin
- Chiefly
- Cork and Kerry
From súil, eye, with a second element read as ‘dark’ or, in an older reading, ‘one-eyed’. The Ó is restored in O’Sullivan.
It is heavily concentrated in the south-west and is among the commonest Irish names.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Sullivan name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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