# Cullen

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkʌlən/ · frequency rank #18,529

## Definitions
1. A village and former royal burgh in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5167).
2. A village in north-west County Cork, Ireland.
3. A village in western County Tipperary, Ireland.
4. A former hamlet in Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan, Canada.
5. A number of places in the United States:
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10. A locality in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia
11. A surname.
12. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic cuilinn.

## Easily confused with
- **cutler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cullen-vs-cutler)
- **curled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cullen-vs-curled)
- **culver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cullen-vs-culver)
- **Curley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cullen-vs-curley)
- **culling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cullen-vs-culling)
- **cull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cull-vs-cullen)
- **called** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-cullen)
- **caller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caller-vs-cullen)
- **Collin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-cullen)
- **culled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culled-vs-cullen)
- **Callan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-cullen)
- **celled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celled-vs-cullen)
- **Colleen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colleen-vs-cullen)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccullen`, `clulen`, `culeln`, `culen`, `cullenn`, `cullne`, `ucllen`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cullen