1) Given name 
Conlon is an Irish family name, the gaelic spelling being Ó Connalláin. It is a variartion of the anglicised version of Ó Connalláin. The name may be derived from two Irish Gaelic words `Con` (the genitive case of Cú, meaning `hound`) and `Lón` meaning lion - thereby implying a person who has the characteristics of a lion born of a hou...