Cullen (surname)
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Cullen is a surname of Gaelic origin. It is thought to be derived from the pre 8th century Old Gaelic name O' Cuileannain or Ó Cuilinn, with the prefix O' indicating a male descendant of, plus the personal byname Cuilleannain.[citation needed] The name seems to be related to Cullinane. While Cullen is encountered primarily in Dublin and southeast Ireland, Cullinan/Cullinane used almost exclusively in western Ireland on a north–south-Axis from Galway to Cork.[1] A distribution map of the name has been processed on a genealogy site.[2]
Cullen is also found as an ancient surname in Scotland and England; an example being the Baronets Cullen.
Cullenite[]
A Cullenite is a follower of any person named Cullen. Notable Cullens to have followers referred to as Cullenites include Scottish physician William Cullen[3] and particularly Paul Cardinal Cullen, archbishop of Dublin and the first cardinal from Ireland. Notable Cullenites who followed Cardinal Cullen included George Joseph Plunket Browne, Bishop of Elphin,[4] and Patrick Francis Moran, archbishop of Sidney and the first cardinal from Australia; indeed, "Cullenite" is used as an adjective in the phrases "Cullenite network" (used to describe a group of bishops who had been students of or were related to Cardinal Cullen, and many of whom became highly influential in the churches of Australia and New Zealand)[5] and "the Cullenite church", used to describe the Irish church until the 1960, a church strongly allied to the "rural bourgeoisie" and the rising class of what are called "strong-farmers".[6]
Notable people[]
- Adam Cullen, Australian artist
- Alexander Lamb Cullen (1920–2013), British electrical engineer
- Alice Cullen (politician), UK politician
- Archibald Howard Cullen, bishop of Grahamstown, South Africa
- Bill Cullen, American game show host
- Bill Cullen (businessman), Irish businessman and philanthropist
- Brett Cullen, American actor
- Bud Cullen, Canadian Federal Court judge
- Charles Cullen, nurse and serial killer
- Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player
- Countee Cullen, African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance
- Dan Cullen, Australian cricketer
- Danny Cullen, Irish hurler
- Edgar M. Cullen, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, 1904–1913
- Eric Cullen, Scottish comedy actor
- Francis Cullen, American criminologist
- Geoff Cullen (born 1977), Australian cricketer
- Gordon Cullen, English architect
- Helen F. Cullen (1919–2007), American mathematician
- Hugh Roy Cullen, American oil businessman and philanthropist
- Ian Cullen (1939–2019), British actor
- Jack Cullen, American baseball pitcher
- James Cullen (mathematician), described Cullen numbers
- James Cullen (PTAA), founder of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
- James P. Cullen, US brigadier general
- Jane Lunnon, maiden name Cullen (born 1969), English headmistress
- Joe Cullen (American football), American football coach
- Joe Cullen (darts player) (born 1989), English darts player
- John Cullen (disambiguation), several people
- Jonathan Cullen, English actor
- Joseph Cullen, Australian politician
- Leo Cullen (rugby union), Irish rugby player
- Lori Cullen, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Matt Cullen, NHL hockey player
- Martin Cullen, Irish politician
- Maurice Cullen (boxer), English boxer
- Michael Cullen (disambiguation), several people
- Mick Cullen, Scottish footballer
- Mortimer A. Cullen (1891–1954), New York politician
- Nathan Cullen, Canadian Member of Parliament
- Nigel Cullen (1917–1941), Australian fighter ace
- Nora Cullen (1905–1990), Argentine actress
- John Michael Cullen, Australian ornithologist
- Paul Cullen (bishop), 19th-century Irish cardinal
- Paul Cullen (rugby league), rugby coach
- Peter Cullen, voice actor, Optimus Prime in Transformers
- Philippa Cullen, Australian performance artist
- Robert Cullen (footballer), Irish-Japanese football player
- Sarah Cullen, British television journalist
- Seán Cullen, Canadian comedian
- Thomas H. Cullen, United States Representative
- Tim Cullen, American baseball player
- Timothy Cullen (Wisconsin politician), American state senator
- Tina Cullen, English hockey player
- William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk (born 1935), Lord President of Scotland's Court of Session
Fictional characters[]
- Edward Cullen, character in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- Linden Cullen
- Cullen Rutherford, character in the fantasy role-playing video game Dragon Age.
See also[]
- Baron Cullen of Ashbourne, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Cullen (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ "Cullen and Cullinan in Clogher and Omagh". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/cullenmarked.gif
- ^ Griggs, Barbara; Zee, Barbara Van der (1997). Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine. Inner Traditions/Bear. p. 141. ISBN 9780892817276.
- ^ Bowen, Desmond (1983). Paul Cardinal Cullen and the Shaping of Modern Irish Catholicism. Wilfrid Laurier UP. p. 253. ISBN 9780889201361.
- ^ Buckley, James; Bauerschmidt, Frederick Christian; Pomplun, Trent (2010). The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism. John Wiley & Sons. p. 223. ISBN 9781444337327.
- ^ Akenson, Donald Harman (2011). Ireland, Sweden, and the Great European Migration, 1815–1914. MQUP. p. 211. ISBN 9780773539570.
External links[]
- Cullen Surname Origins by Jim Cullen
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