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Ciarán
Say it: KEER-awn
Meaning
From Old Irish ciar 'dark, black, brown' with the diminutive -án.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 1,792 babies given this name since 1959
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 23,100 boys
- 69 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ciaran
| English | Kieran |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
- Saint Ciarán of Saigir
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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