Ciara

Where Ciara comes from

The dictionaries list Ciara as a given name — a female given name from Irish, a new Irish feminine form of Ciaran — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Irish
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #8,292 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Ciara Renée born
    American actress
  3. 1997
    Ciara Bravo born
    American actress
  4. 2005
    Peak, #149
    2,325 babies named Ciara — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #322.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish, a new Irish feminine form of Ciaran.
Namesakes
  • Ciara Bravo · American actress, born 1997
  • Ciara Renée · American actress, born 1990
  • Ciara Hanna · American actress and model, born 1991
  • Ciara Mageean · Irish athletics competitor, born 1992
  • Ciara Horne · former Irish, current British racing cyclist, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.