Name: Ciaran
Gender: Male
Usage: Ciaran is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Ciaran are in general originating from Czech Republic, Ireland, United Kingdom.
Variants: For another variant of the name Ciaran across the world, see Ciarán.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ciaran is: Black and mysterious.
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Numerology of the first name Ciaran: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Ciaran is ranked on the 3,557th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 95500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Ciaran has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Ciaran for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Ciarán (Irish) or Ciaran (Scottish) is a Gaelic male given name meaning "little dark one" or "blacky", 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 6th-century saints both counted among the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, Ciarán the Elder and Ciarán the Younger.
It is anglicized in various ways: Ciaran, Kieran, Kyran, Kerry, Keiron, Keiren, Kieren, Ceiran, Ceeran, etc.
Irish: Gaelic name often Anglicized as Kieran. It was originally a byname, representing a diminutive form of ciar black, and was borne by two Irish saints, of the 5th and 6th centuries.
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