Given name

Cíarán

“black”

Cíarán is a masculine given name. It is used in Old Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cíarán goes back to a word meaning “black.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Old Irish cíar (“black”) + -án.

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Cíarán’s family of names

In Old Irish usage, Cíarán has a later derivative in Kjaran.

Walk Cíarán’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Cíarán has relatives in 3 languages.

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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