| Pronunciation | KON-er/ KOIN-er |
|---|---|
| Gender | female |
| Name day | 28 January |
| Other gender | |
| Masculine | Cainneach |
| Feminine | Cainder/Cainnear |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Irish |
| Meaning | kind, gentle or attractive daughter from the Irish caoin 'gentle' and der 'daughter' |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Cainder |
| Variant form(s) | Cainder, Cainner, Cainer, Cainir, Cannera, Cainneir, Conaire, Connera |
| Popularity | see popular names |
Cainnear is a female Irish given name. Potentially deriving from caoin and der, meaning "gentle daughter",[citation needed] it is the name of one of the legendary daughters of Queen Medb of Connacht and several Irish saints.[1] Variants of the name include Canair,[1] Cainder,[2] and Cainner,[3] and at least two early Christian saints have borne these variants.[4]
- ^ a b "Chapter Four: Brigid in the Early Medieval Irish Church". crowdog.net. Archived from the original on 30 March 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Irish Saints". www.namenerds.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Cainner (Cainder, -cannera, Cinnera, Cunnera, or Kennere) from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia". McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2023-03-15.