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My daughter's name is Kiernan. I like that it is a little different, but easy to pronounce.

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From my research, this is a version of the Gaelic Kieran that is often used as a surname and sometimes as a boy's name in Ireland or other parts of the UK.

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I originally read this name in a romance novel by Heather Graham. In that novel, it was the name of an American protagonist during the Civil War (and, I think, she was supposed to be from the South).