Given name & surname
Kirwan
“descendant of Ciardhubhán”
Kirwan is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kirwan goes back to Irish Ó Ciardhubháin, meaning “descendant of Ciardhubhán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó Ciardhubháin (“descendant of Ciardhubhán”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kirwan’s family of names
In English usage, Kirwan as a surname has a related form in Kerwin. In English usage, Kirwan as a surname has a related form in Kervin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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