Ciaran

Where Ciaran comes from

Borrowed from Irish Ciarán.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ciaran
  • Irish
  • 2 syllables
Ciaran through the years
  1. 1959
    First appearance
    #3,619 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 2025
    Peak, #1,609
    105 babies named Ciaran, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish.
  • A female given name from Irish.
Namesakes

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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.