Its source gives its meaning as valiant. Though originally a given name, it is more popular and well known as a surname. The surname's first variant is O Ã³ (Raghallaigh descendent/Of Of) raghallach which was later adapted In english As'O reilly which itself has been anglicized Into. reilly
The word 'vatican' comes from Latin and is a contraction of two words in the following way: 'Vatis' = 'profetic' or 'diviner' 'Can' = 'serpent/snake'. These two words combined make: 'the profetic- or made devine serpent'. The Vatican is a place, so you may say, that 'Vatican' means 'the place of the profetic- and worshipped serpent'.
Vatican City Culture Name. Vatican. Alternative Names. Holy See, the Vatican. Orientation. Identification. The Vatican, or Vatican City, is the center of Roman Catholicism and the residence of the bishop of Rome (the pope). The popes controlled the Papal States in what is now Italy throughout most of the Middle Ages.