Cailean

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From a dialectal form of cuilean (“pup, youth, trickster”), from Middle Irish Cuilén, from Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰalan/ === Proper noun === Cailean m (genitive Cailein, vocative a Chailein) a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Colin, though they are etymologically unrelated === References === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Cailean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN