Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Irish
Meaning & History
John Connally was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to 1972. His surname may have derived from the name Conall "rule of a wolf", from Old Irish cú "hound, dog, wolf" (genitive con) and fal "rule."