Given name
Cináed
“to be born, descend from”·“fire”
Cináed is a masculine given name, probably from Pictish. It is used in Old Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cináed is probably built from elements meaning “to be born, descend from” and “fire”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Cináed’s family of names
In Old Irish usage, Cináed has a later derivative in Kenneth. In Irish usage, Cináed has a conventional equivalent in the French form Kenneth. In Old Irish usage, Cináed has a later derivative in CIONAODH.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cináed has relatives in 4 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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