Ciarán

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Male given name of Irish origin

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::summary Male given name of Irish origin ::

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nameCiarán
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pronunciation

| | gender | Masculine | | meaning | "little dark one" | | region | Ireland and Scotland | | language | Irish, Scottish Gaelic, English | | origin | Gaels | | alternative spelling | Ciaran | | * Ceiren{{Cite web|url | http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Keeran|title=Keeran - Meaning of Keeran, What does Keeran mean?}} | | related names | Ciara | ::

| name = Ciarán | image_size = |image= File:Birr St. Brendan's Church Saint Kieran Window Detail 2010 09 10.jpg |caption=Ciarán of Clonmacnoise | pronunciation =

| gender = Masculine | meaning = "little dark one" | region = Ireland and Scotland | language = Irish, Scottish Gaelic, English | origin = Gaels | alternative spelling = Ciaran | nickname = | variant forms =

  • Ciarian
  • Ciaron
  • Cieran
  • Crain
  • Kieran
  • Keiran
  • Keiron
  • Kieron
  • Kiran
  • Keiren
  • Kieren
  • Kyran
  • Kyron
  • Keeran
  • Kairan
  • Ceiren | related names = Ciara}}

Ciarán (Irish spelling) or Ciaran (Scottish Gaelic spelling) is a traditionally male given name of Irish and Scottish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar ("black", "dark"). It is the masculine version of the name Ciara.

The name became common in reference to Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich, who gave his name to the Ciarraige and County Kerry, and two early Irish saints both counted among the Twelve Apostles of Ireland: Ciarán the Elder and Ciarán the Younger.

It is anglicised in various ways: Ciaran, Kieran, Keiran, Keiron, Keiren, Keerun, Kiran, etc.

According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Kierans were the chiefly family of the Cíarraige tribe who in turn were from the Dumnonii or Laigin who were the third wave of Celts to settle in Ireland during the first century BC.

The name can also be found in the Irish surname of O'Keiran, meaning "descendant of Ciarán".

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Saints

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Fictional characters

  • Ciaran McCarthy, a character from the British soap opera, Coronation Street
  • King Ciaran of Venallis, one of the main characters in the Song of Souls trilogy by Christen Stovall
  • Lord's Blade Ciaran, from the video game Dark Souls
  • Kieran, from The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare, a Wild Hunter and Mark Blackthorn's boyfriend
  • Kieran is the son of Lord Donnán, who appears in the seventh episode of psychological horror adventure game, The Last Door
  • Lena Kieran Luthor, a character from the CW series * Supergirl,* played by * Katie McGrath *
  • Kieran Northrup, the main character of the novel Don't Call Me Ishmael
  • Kieran, a playable character in “Fire Emblem-Path of Radiance” and “Fire Emblem-Radiant Dawn”
  • Ciaran, a mysterious character in "1899" by Netflix
  • Kieran Duffy, fictional character from Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Ciaran, Sarah McCool's love interest in the Channel 4 sitcom, Derry Girls
  • Kieran, a supporting character from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's DLC The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero

Other cultures

  • Cioran is a Romanian surname. A notable individual with the name was nihilist philosopher Emil Cioran.

References

References

  1. "Keeran - Meaning of Keeran, What does Keeran mean?".
  2. [http://www.akerbeltz.org/beagangaidhlig/ainmnean/liostaainmean.htm Akerbeltz Gaelic Resources] {{webarchive. link. (22 December 2010)
  3. Iain Mac an Tàilleir: ''Ainmean Pearsanta'', retrieved from [http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/cuspair/#A SMO website]
  4. "Ireland". Irish Boys Names.
  5. "Southern Methodist University". Kira's Name.
  6. "RootsWeb". County Kerry.
  7. "Live views from Ireland: Kerry". The Irish Times.
  8. Cairney, C. Thomas. (1989). "Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland". [[McFarland & Company]].

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