A traditional Irish name meaning "man of prayer" or "full of goodness." St. Declan founded a monastery in Ireland, and St. Declan's Stone has purportedly been the site of many miracles. Origin. Irish.
Declan is an ancient Irish given name anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic saint's name Declán, also Deaglán or Déaglán. ... The name is believed to mean "man of prayer" or "full of goodness".
In Irish the meaning of the name Decla is: the name of a saint.
