Kieran

Where Kieran comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kieran.

  • Irish
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
Kieran through the years
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #3,096 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Kieran Gibbs born
    English association football player
  3. 1990
    Kieran Trippier born
    English association football player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #389
    817 babies named Kieran, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Irish, an anglicized form of Ciarán.
  • A unisex given name from Sanskrit, an anglicized form of किरण (kiraṇa).
Namesakes
  • Kieran Trippier · English association football player, born 1990
  • Kieran Gibbs · English association football player, born 1989
  • Kieran Culkin · American actor, born 1982
  • Kieran Tierney · Scottish association football player, born 1997
  • Kieran Richardson · English association football player, born 1984

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.