Kieran

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Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Irish (Anglicized)

Meaning & History

Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciaráin ‘descendant of Ciarán’, a byname from a diminutive of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black-haired’. It was borne by two Irish saints, a hermit of the 5th century and the founder of the monastery at Clonmacnoise.
Added 3/12/2017 by LMS