Ciarán (
Irish spelling) or Ciaran (
Scottish Gaelic spelling)[2][3] is a traditionally male
given name of Irish origin. It means "little dark one"[4] or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a
diminutive suffix to ciar ("black", "dark").[5] It is the masculine version of the name
Ciara.
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.[8]
The name can also be found in the Irish surname of O'Keiran, meaning "descendant of Ciarán".
Notable people
Ciarán Bairéad (1905–1976), Irish folklorist and scholar
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Ciarán (
Irish spelling) or Ciaran (
Scottish Gaelic spelling)[2][3] is a traditionally male
given name of Irish origin. It means "little dark one"[4] or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a
diminutive suffix to ciar ("black", "dark").[5] It is the masculine version of the name
Ciara.
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.[8]
The name can also be found in the Irish surname of O'Keiran, meaning "descendant of Ciarán".
Notable people
Ciarán Bairéad (1905–1976), Irish folklorist and scholar
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.