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Coner

Boy · KON-er · Irish

Coner is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “lover of hounds”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Coner mean?

Irish: spelling of Conner, itself a spelling of Connor, from Irish Conchobhar

“lover of hounds”

A spelling of Connor, the anglicised form of the Irish Conchobhar.

Say it
KON-er

Meaning borrowed from Conner. More on Wiktionary.

Is Coner a girl's or a boy's name?

Coner is a boys' name.

How popular is Coner in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 boys.

1996Busiest: 11 in 19982023
Coner in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20231#6,556
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20151#6,220
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20021#4,262
20015#2,326
20001#4,018
19996#1,941
199811#1,259
19976#1,853
19968#1,506

How popular is Coner in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

Half of all the boys named Coner in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 13 in 20052018
Coner in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20185#12,150
20175#12,241
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20105#12,224
20095#12,486
20080–
200712#6,618
20067#9,579
200513#5,869
200411#6,514
20038#7,824
20026#9,385
20010–
20000–
19998#7,132
19985#9,623
19977#7,275
19966#7,964
19958#6,400
19940–
19936#7,631
19927#6,662

Nicknames for Coner

Names like Coner

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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