Kieron Name Meaning & Origin
Kieron
Origin of the name Kieran:
A borrowing from the Irish, Kieran is the Irish form of the Gaelic Ciarán (little dark one), which is from ciar (black, dark), a word meaning "dark-haired" or "black-haired" when applied to humans. Var: Kiaran.
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A variant of Kieran, borrowing from the Irish, Kieron is the Irish form of the Gaelic Ciarán (little dark one), which is from ciar (black, dark), a word meaning "dark-haired" or "black-haired" when applied to humans.
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Kieron Williamson, English watercolor prodigy; Kieron Dyer, English professional soccer player; Kieron Gillen, English comic writer; Kieron Richardson, English actor
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