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Gaelic
92 famous people named Ciaran found on Wikipedia.
1629 male, 30 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
2252-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
1779-th in year 2013
Ciarán (Irish pronunciation: [ˈciəɾˠaːn̪ˠ]/[ciəˈɾˠaːn̪ˠ]) or Ciaran (Scottish), pronounced KEER-ən or KEER-awn, is a Gaelic male given name. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar ("black", "dark"). The female form is Ciara.
The name became common in reference to Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich, who gave his name to the Ciarraige and County Kerry, and two early Irish saints both counted among the Twelve Apostles of Ireland: Ciarán the Elder and Ciarán the Younger.
It is anglicised in various ways: Ciaran, Kieran, Keiran, Keiron, Keiren, Kieren, Keeran, Kyran, Kiran, etc.
Irish form of the Gaelic Ciaran, means: little dark one; from ciar (black, dark); dark-haired, black-haired.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Ciarán Hinds | 1953 | Irish actor |
2 | Ciaran Clark | 1989 | Footballer |
3 | Ciarán Griffiths | 1983 | British actor |
4 | Ciarán McMenamin | 1975 | Northern Irish actor |
5 | Ciarán Bourke | 1935 | Irish singer |
6 | Ciaran Gribbin | 1976 | Musician |
7 | Ciaran Foy | ||
8 | Ciarán O'Keeffe | 1971 | British paranormal investigator |
9 | Ciaran Carson | 1948 | Northern Irish writer |
10 | Ciarán of Clonmacnoise | 0516 | Irish bishop |
11 | Ciarán Fitzgerald | 1983 | Irish film and television actor |
12 | Ciaran Madden | 1947 | British actress |
13 | Ciarán of Saigir | Irish saint | |
14 | Ciaran McCarthy | ||
15 | Cian Ciaran | 1976 | Welsh musician |
16 | Ciarán Kilkenny | 1993 | Gaelic footballer |
17 | Ciarán Kilduff | 1988 | Irish footballer |
18 | Ciaran Fitzgerald | 1952 | Irish rugby union player |
19 | Ciarán Whelan | 1976 | Gaelic footballer |
20 | Ciaran Hearn | 1985 | Rugby player |
21 | Ciaran Sweeney | 1971 | Irish fashion designer |
22 | Ciarán Devane | 1962 | |
23 | Ciarán Cannon | 1965 | Irish politician |
24 | Ciarán Byrne | 1994 | Gaelic footballer |
25 | Ciaran Donnelly | 1984 | English footballer |
26 | Ciaran O'Brien | 1987 | American soccer player |
27 | Ciaran Jenkins | 1984 | TV journalist |
28 | Ciaran Joyce | 1987 | British actor |
29 | Ciaran Nugent | 1991 | |
30 | Ciarán Toner | 1981 | Northern Irish footballer |
31 | Ciarán Mac Mathúna | 1925 | Irish musicologist |
32 | Ciarán Cuffe | 1963 | Irish politician |
33 | Ciarán O'Lionaird | 1988 | Athletics (sport) competitor |
34 | Ciarán Carey | 1970 | Irish hurler |
35 | Ciaran Kelly | 1980 | Irish footballer |
36 | Ciarán Lynch | 1964 | Irish Labour Party politician |
37 | Ciarán Martyn | 1980 | Irish footballer |
38 | Ciaran Gultnieks | 1970 | British computer game programmer |
39 | Ciaran McKeown | 1943 | Journalist |
40 | Ciarán Lyng | 1985 | Irish sportsman |
41 | Ciaran Kilheeney | 1984 | English footballer |
42 | Ciarán Farrell | 1969 | Irish composer |
43 | Ciaran Maguire | Irish businessman | |
44 | Ciarán Power | 1976 | Irish racing cyclist |
45 | Ciarán McGuigan | 1989 | Northern Irish footballer |
46 | Ciaran Quinn | 1982 | Irish association football player |
47 | Ciaran Berry | 1971 | Irish-American poet |
48 | Ciarán Murray | Gaelic football player | |
49 | Ciaran McKeever | 1983 | Gaelic footballer |
50 | Ciarán Murphy | 1940 | Irish politician |
51 | Ciaran Barr | 1964 | Irish hurler |
52 | Ciaran Brogan | Irish businessman and politician | |
53 | Ciaran McManus | Gaelic football player | |
54 | Ciaran Scally | Irish rugby union player | |
55 | Ciarán O'Sullivan | 1972 | Gaelic football player |
56 | Ciaran Lyons | 1996 | |
57 | Ciarán Clarke | 1993 | Irish hurler |
58 | Ciaran Williams | 1987 | British handball player |
59 | Ciarán Brennan | 1964 | British games reviewer and magazine editor |
60 | Ciaran Gourley | Gaelic footballer | |
61 | Ciarán McDonald | ||
62 | Ciarán Mackel | British architect | |
63 | Ciarán Kenny | 1984 | Irish hurler |
64 | Ciarán Maher | 1962 | Irish Gaelic footballer |
65 | Ciarán Ó Con Cheanainn | 1981 | Irish singer |
66 | Ciáran Bairéad | 1905 | Irish folklorist |
67 | Ciaran Bonner | ||
68 | Ciaran Parker | 1995 | |
69 | Ciarán Mullan | 1984 | Gaelic football player |
70 | Ciaran Greene | Gaelic football and soccer player | |
71 | Ciaran James | 1991 | Plays his home water polo for Lancaster City but as also played abroad for Eindhoven in the Netherlands and German club SV Cannstatt. In season 2012/13 he is playing for CN Catalunya in Spain's Division de Honor |
72 | Ciarán McGann | Irish hurler | |
73 | Ciarán Hyland | Gaelic football player | |
74 | Ciarán Ó Cofaigh | Film director and producer | |
75 | Ciarán Lenehan | Gaelic footballer | |
76 | Ciarán Slevin | 1986 | Irish hurler |
77 | Ciaran McKnulty | Football player | |
78 | Ciarán Herron | 1981 | Hurler |
79 | Ciarán Potts | 1982 | Irish rugby union player |
80 | Cormac mac Ciaran | Irish abbot | |
81 | Ciarán Walsh | 1980 | Irish artist |
82 | Ciarán Sheehan | Actor | |
83 | Ciarán O'Boyle | 1984 | Irish rugby union player |
84 | Ciaran McGovern | 1989 | Canadian volleyball player |
85 | Ciaran O'Sullivan | 1975 | |
86 | Ciarán Cronin | 1988 | |
87 | Ciaran O'Carroll | ||
88 | Ciaran Chambers | 1994 | Badminton player |
89 | Ciaran O'Leary | 1973 | Irish poker player |
90 | Ciarán Tourish | ||
91 | Ciarán Ó Coigligh | ||
92 | Ciaran McMonagle | 1976 |