Cullen Family History
Cullen Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuileáin ‘descendant of Cuileán’ a variant of the personal name Coileán meaning ‘puppy’ or ‘young hound’ (see Collin ). Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuilinn ‘descendant of Cuileann’ a byname meaning ‘holly’. Scottish: habitational name from Cullen in Banff so named from Gaelic cùilen a diminutive of còil cùil ‘nook recess’. English: habitational name from the Rhineland city of Cologne (Old French form of Middle High German Köln named with Latin colonia ‘colony’). English: variant of Cooling .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022