Cullen (surname)
Cullen is a surname of Gaelic origin or of Norman origin. It is thought to be derived from the pre 8th century Old Gaelic name O' Cuileannain, with the prefix O' indicating a male descendant of, plus the personal byname Cuilleannain. The name seems to be related to Cullinane. While Cullen is encountered primarily in Dublin and southeast Ireland, Cullinan/Cullinane used almost exclusively in western Ireland on a North-South-Axis from Galway to Cork.[1] A distribution map of the name has been processed on a genealogy site.[2]
Cullenite
A Cullenite is a follower of any man named Cullen. Notable Cullens to have followers referred to as Cullenites include Scottish physician William Cullen[3] and particularly Paul Cardinal Cullen, archbishop of Dublin and the first cardinal from Ireland. Notable Cullenites who followed Cardinal Cullen included George Joseph Plunket Browne, Bishop of Elphin,[4] and Patrick Francis Moran, archbishop of Sidney and the first cardinal from Australia; indeed, "Cullenite" is used as an adjective in the phrases "Cullenite network" (used to describe a group of bishops who had been students of or were related to Cardinal Cullen, and many of whom became highly influential in the churches of Australia and New Zealand)[5] and "the Cullenite church", used to describe the Irish church until the 1960, a church strongly allied to the "rural bourgeoisie" and the rising class of what are called "strong-farmers".[6]
Persons with the surname
- Adam Cullen, Australian artist
- Alexander Lamb Cullen (1920–2013), British electrical engineer
- Alice Cullen (politician), UK politician
- Archibald Howard Cullen, former bishop of Grahamstown, South Africa
- Bill Cullen, American game show host
- Bill Cullen (businessman), Irish businessman and philanthropist
- Brett Cullen, American actor
- Bud Cullen, Canadian Federal Court judge
- Charles Cullen, former nurse and convicted serial killer
- Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union player
- Countee Cullen, African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance
- Dan Cullen, Australian cricketer
- Edgar M. Cullen, Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals 1904–1913
- Eric Cullen, Scottish comedy actor
- Geoff Cullen (born 1977), Australian cricketer
- Gordon Cullen CBE, English architect
- Hugh Roy Cullen, independent Houston oil man and philanthropist
- Jack Cullen, American baseball pitcher
- James Cullen (mathematician), described Cullen numbers
- James Cullen (PTAA), founder of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
- James P. Cullen, U.S. brigadier general
- Joe Cullen (American football), defensive line coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Joe Cullen (darts player) (born 1989), English darts player
- John Cullen (disambiguation), several people
- Jonathan Cullen, English actor
- Joseph Cullen, Australian politician
- Leo Cullen (rugby union), Irish rugby union player
- Matt Cullen, NHL hockey player
- Martin Cullen, Irish politician
- Maurice Cullen (boxer), English boxer
- Michael Cullen (disambiguation), several people
- Mick Cullen, Scottish footballer
- Mortimer A. Cullen (1891–1954), New York politician
- Nathan Cullen, Canadian Member of Parliament
- John Michael Cullen, Australian ornithologist
- Paul Cullen (bishop), 19th-century Irish cardinal
- Paul Cullen (rugby league), rugby league coach
- Peter Cullen, voice actor most famous as Optimus Prime from Transformers
- Robert Cullen, Irish-Japanese football (soccer) player
- Sarah Cullen, British television journalist
- Seán Cullen, Canadian comedian
- Thomas H. Cullen, United States Representative
- Tim Cullen, United States baseball player
- Timothy Cullen (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin State Senate
- Tina Cullen, English field hockey player
- William Cullen, 18th-century Scottish doctor and chemist
- William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk (born 1935), Lord President of Scotland's Court of Session
Fictional
- The Cullen family in the Twilight novels, notably including:
- Edward Cullen, one of the main characters in the series
- Renesmee Cullen, daughter of Edward and Bella
- Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, and Alice, Edward's adoptive family (see List of Twilight characters)
See also
- Baron Cullen of Ashbourne, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
References
- ↑ "Cullen and Cullinan in Clogher and Omagh". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/cullenmarked.gif
- ↑ Griggs, Barbara; Zee, Barbara Van der (1997). Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine. Inner Traditions/Bear. p. 141. ISBN 9780892817276.
- ↑ Bowen, Desmond (1983). Paul Cardinal Cullen and the Shaping of Modern Irish Catholicism. Wilfrid Laurier UP. p. 253. ISBN 9780889201361.
- ↑ Buckley, James; Bauerschmidt, Frederick Christian; Pomplun, Trent (2010). The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism. John Wiley & Sons. p. 223. ISBN 9781444337327.
- ↑ Akenson, Donald Harman (2011). Ireland, Sweden, and the Great European Migration, 1815-1914. MQUP. p. 211. ISBN 9780773539570.
