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Faolan Gunther
Faolan is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "little wolf", derived from Gaelic faol "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an Irish saint who did missionary work in Scotland. Faolan also translated as Fillan who was a saint. St Fillan was credited with powers such as the healing of the sick and also possessed a luminous glow from his left arm which he used to study and write by in the darkness. A story is told that a wolf slaughtered the saint's oxen but when the wolf was rebuked by the saint it is said to have meekly submitted to be yoked to the plow to complete the Saint's plowing. Gunther was first found in Saxony, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. Gunther is derived from the Germanic elements gund "war" and heri "army, warrior".
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