Folan Family History
Folan Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Faoláin ‘descendant of Faolán’ (see Phelan Whelan ) or possibly from Mac Faoláin or its variant Mac Fhualáin ‘son of Faolán’ the same personal name based on the diminutive of faol ‘wolf’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022