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    Quillan

    KWIL-un

    Irish/Gaelic
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Cub; Young warrior
    Origin
    Irish/Gaelic
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Quillan does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Cub; Young warrior", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Quillan.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Quillan grows from cub to lion — the young man made strong, childish things put away, the word of God abiding.
    Verses on this meaning
    • 1 Corinthians 13:11

      "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."

    • 1 John 2:14

      "I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you."

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