Cantlon Family Crest

Cantelon, Canteleon, Cantillon,

Cantillion, Cantelu, Cantelupe

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Cantlon Family Crest

There are 2 family crests for the Cantlon surname.

Scottish

The spelling of this name also includes; Candelan, Candelane, Candelayn,

Candlan, Candlen, Candlin, Cantelin, Cantelon, Kandelan, and more.

First found in Cumberland from ancient times.

Some of the first settlers were; George Candlin settling in Maryland in 1679;

 John Cantelon who settled in Canada in 1836; William Cantelon who settled in Ontario in 1871.

Irish

The name variations are Cantell, Cantelowe, Cantillion, Cantillon, Cantilon, Cantilupe, Cantlin, Cantlow, Cantlow and more.

1st found in Kerry County, Ireland where they were seated at Ballyheige. This is where they were granted land after the Norman invasion in 1172. Some researchers have this back to 1066.

The Anglo-Norman Conquest of Ireland brought the system of surnames into tradition. These surnames were very common in England and were almost non-existent in Ireland before the conquest. The earliest of these surnames appeared in Normandy, but as the Normans moved they created names of where they lived. Some settlers eventually took the names of Irish places. Originally these names were prefixed by "De", meaning "from" in French.

The Cantlon family were first found in "Cauntelo", in Northern France. Early records record the surname Cantlon as de Cantelupo, the Latin meaning of the Norman name de Cauntelo.

Before the migration to Ireland, the Cantlons were in England a long while. The shrine of St. Thomas de Cantelupe, who was the last English Saint canonized prior to the Reformation, is in Hereford Cathedral.