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Turlough

boy name
Origin
Irish
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

shaped like Thor, instigator (associated with harper Turlough O'Carolan)

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Turlough has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Turlough

Darragh Roman Rowan Lennon Declan Torin

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