Details for the forename Kieran

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Kieran (male)


Variants:	Cearthann (M) Ciarán (M) Kyran (M)
Can be spelt:	Keiran (M) Keiron (M) Kieron (M)
Feminine form:	Ciara (F) Kiera (F) Kyra (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	Irish Gaelic "dark" or "dusky". Whyte considers that it evolved independently of Ciarán which has the same meaning. However ONC states that Kieran is an Anglicized version of Ciarán.