John Nolan, Cape Canaveral, FL


John Nolan of the The Nolan surname is derived from the Gaelic word nuall meaning “shout” or “howl” and the suffix áin meaning "one who."  Thus Nualláin would mean someone who howls or shouts.  One explanation for this derivation was that the shouting or howling referred to that eerie blood-curdling war-cry that was such an integral part of early Celtic warfare.  Alternatively, the name might have come with the first chief of the clan in Carlow who held the hereditary office of herald to the Kings of Leinster.

The O'Nualláin name may have been first used in Ireland as far back as the 9th century, or even possibly earlier.  It became O'Nolan and Nolan with the arrival of the English.  Other name variants have been Nowlin, Nowland, and Nolen.  The Nolin spelling has French-Canadian roots.


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