Kaourantin

Breton

Alternative forms

• Kaourintin

Etymology

Folk etymology traditionally linked it to korventenn (“whirlwind, hurricane”) (see Welsh gyrwynt) due to associations with sorcery. It may be instead from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army”).

Proper noun

Kaourantin

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Kaour
• Kaourant
• Kaourantina
• Tin

 

Descendants

• French: Corentin

References

• Alain Stéphan, Tous les Prénoms bretons, 1996, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, →ISBN, page 60
• https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/celtic-names/page/8/