Given name · Hindi
किरण
किरण (kiraṇ) is a unisex given name from Sanskrit. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: kiraṇ.
Meaning & origin
किरण’s family of names
In Hindi usage, किरण can be written in the Roman alphabet as kiraṇ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named किरण
- Kiran Mazumdar-ShawIndian entrepreneur and founder of Biocon (born 1953)
- Kiran GandhiAmerican electronic music artist, singer, and activistborn 1989
- Kiran HaqPakistani actress and modelborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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33% boys · 67% girls
Pratigya
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30% boys · 70% girls
Bharata
Bharata is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.
67% boys · 33% girls
Adhikari
Adhikari is a surname from Sanskrit.
57% boys · 43% girls
Gupta
Gupta is a surname from Sanskrit.
62% boys · 38% girls
Satria
“warrior-king”
42% boys · 58% girls
Prasanna
“happy, joyful”
65% boys · 35% girls
Dutta
“given, granted”
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