Given name & surname
Mckiernan
“son of Thighearnán”
McKiernan is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McKiernan goes back to Irish Mac Thighearnáin, meaning “son of Thighearnán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac Thighearnáin (“son of Thighearnán”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mckiernan’s family of names
In English usage, Mckiernan as a surname has a related form in MCKERNAN. In English usage, Mckiernan as a surname has a related form in MCKERNAN. In English usage, Mckiernan as a surname has a related form in MCTERNAN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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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