Boy · Old Irish
Tighearnán
Say it: TEER-nawn
Meaning
From Old Irish tigern 'lord' with the diminutive -án.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tigernán
| English | Tiernan |
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Famous bearers
- Tigernán Ua Ruairc, king of Bréifne
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Where this comes from
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
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