Declan

Declan carries the mist of a green Irish coastline and the quiet authority of a bell rung at dawn. It is the Anglicized form of Deaglan, the name of a fifth-century Irish saint who brought Christianity to the Decies region of County Waterford, and it has traveled from the Emerald Isle into the American top 200 over the past two decades, now settled at 131. Two syllables with a soft, declarative opening and a cleanly closed finish. It feels both ancient and current, a little bit rogue, a little bit reverent. Bright consonants, a steady heartbeat. Warm, literary, quietly brave.