Given name & surname

Kearns

“dark”

Kearns is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kearns goes back to a word meaning “dark.”

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Where it comes from

Kearns comes from Irish.

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How it developed

From Irish Ó Céirín.

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Kearns’s family of names

In English usage, Kearns as a surname has a related form in CARNES. In English usage, Kearns as a surname has a related form in KARNS.

Walk Kearns’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

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

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“rock”

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Coan is a surname from Irish.

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“son of Géibheannach”

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surnames · Modern

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“small and fiery woman” · “a small and fiery man”

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80% boys · 20% girls

Irish

Kerwaane

“descendant of Ciardhubhán”

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Sibling ideas

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