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Ciarán

OriginGaelic
Meaning"little black-haired one"

About Ciarán

Long popular in Ireland and England, Ciarán is the name of Ireland's first-born saint and twenty-five other saints. While this is the authentic Irish spelling, it is more familiar in the US in the Anglicized Kieran spelling.

Pronounced KEER-awn.

Editor's take: The name Ciarán is a boy's name of Gaelic, Irish origin meaning "little black-haired one".

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