Whalen is a surname . In Ireland, Whalen , Whelan , Phelan and O'Phelan , are anglicized variants of the same Gaelic surname, Faoláin , which itself is a variant of Ó Faoileáin and Ó Haoláin .
It may refer to:
People
Bob Whalen , American college baseball coach
Bruce Whalen , American politician
Charles W. Whalen, Jr. , American politician
Diana Whalen , Canadian politician
Dianne Whalen , Canadian politician
Douglas Whalen , American linguist
Ed Whalen (broadcaster) , Canadian television personality
Grover Whalen , American politician and businessman
Jack Whalen , American hitman
James Henry Whalen , Canadian pilot
James J. Whalen , American psychologist
Jennifer Whalen , American mountain bike racer
Jennifer R Whalen , Canadian actor and comedian
Jill Whalen , American search engine optimization consultant
Jim Whalen , American football player
Joe Whalen , American tennis player
John S. Whalen , American politician
Laurence Whalen , American judge
Lindsay Whalen , American professional basketball player
Megan Whalen Turner , American author
Michael James Whalen , American composer
Philip Whalen , American poet
Rob Whalen , American baseball player
Sara Whalen (born 1976), American Olympic soccer player
Sean Whalen (born 1964), American actor and writer
Thomas Michael Whalen III , American politician
Vermel Whalen , American politician
Fictional characters
Places
In Britain, Whalen is an old English-language spelling for the village Uelen .
Songs
See also
Family names derived from the word "
wolf "
Celtic Germanic
Rudolph , Ralph , Ludolf , Adolf
North Germanic: Lyall , Ulfsson
West Germanic: De Wolf , De Wolfe , Love , Volf , Wolf , Wolfe , Wolff , Wölfli , Wölfflin , Wolfs , Woolf , Woolfe , Wulf , Wulff , Wulfson , Wolfowitz , Wolfsohn , Wolfson , Wolfram , Wolfermann
Romance
Latin: Lupus
French: Leleu , Leloup , Loup , Louvel , Lowell
Iberian: Llop , Llopis , Lobato , Lobo , Lopes , López
Italian: Lovato , Lupo
Romanian: Lupescu , Lupu , Lupul , Lupulescu
Slavic
East Slavic: Biryuk , Biryukov , Volchek , Volchenkov , Volchkov , Volchok , Volk , Volkov (Volkoff , Wolkoff ), Volkovich , Vovchenko , Vovchok , Vovchynskyi , Vovk
South Slavic: Vučević , Vučić , Vučko , Vučetić /Vuchetich , Vučković , Vujić , Vukašinović , Vukasović , Vukčević , Vukić , Vukičević , Vukićević , Vuković /Vukovich , Vuksanović
West Slavic: Vlček , Vlk , Wilczek , Wilczyński , Wilk , Wolkowicz
Other