User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 19-03-'14 – Two Assassin's Creeds for 2014?: Unity and Comet/@comment-49.144.30.43-20140321215806/@comment-1153722-20140322185437

Connor's name is not related to eagles either. You should note that all the protagonists whose names were connected to eagles (Altaïr, Ezio, Haytham) were born into the Brotherhood, while Edward and Connor weren't.