Kian (first name)
Kian is an anglicised variant of the Irish male given name Cian meaning "long, persistent".
Further origin and meaning
Kian ( Persian کیان) is also an old Persian given name commonly used in the Persian-speaking area and means "king".
Name bearer
English name
- Kian Egan (* 1980), Irish musician and former member of the boy band Westlife
- Kian Emadi-Coffin (* 1992), British cyclist
Persian name
- Kian Golpira Ghassem-Abadi (* 1992), German kickboxer of German-Iranian origin
- Kian Soltani (* 1992), Austrian cellist of Iranian origin
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dil.ie/search?q=cian&search_in=headword eDIL dictionary
- ↑ https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/cian Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla
- ↑ Kian (pers.) On behindthename.com