Meaning: Little dark one
The story
Kieran is an Anglicized form of Ciarán, a diminutive of Irish Ciar. Several early Irish saints bear the original name.
Nicknames
- Kier
Spellings & variants
- Ciarán
- Kieron
- Keiran
Popularity
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Origins
Kieran comes from Irish.
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