Given name & surname

Kiljan

Kiljan is a masculine given name from Irish. It is used in Icelandic.

Original IrishCillian

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kiljan comes from Irish.

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How it developed

From Irish Cillian.

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Kiljan’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Kiljan was borrowed from the Irish form Cillian. In Icelandic usage, Kiljan has a related form in Kilían.

Walk Kiljan’s family in the name graph

KiljanKilíanCillian

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

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Nicknames & forms 1

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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Primitive Irish

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“dog”

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Sibling ideas

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