Details for the forename Ciarán

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Ciarán (male)


Variants:	Kieran (M) Kyran (M)
Derivative of:	Ciar (M)
Feminine form:	Ciara (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	Irish Gaelic, "dusky"; from the Irish Clann Chiaran or Macilheran. Whyte considers Ciarán to be independent of Kieran but the ONC suggests that Kieran [or Kyran] is the Anglicized version of Ciarán.