Kieran
Kieran is a predominantly male, rarely female first name and rarely a family name .
Origin and meaning
Kieran is an Anglicized form of the Irish given name Ciarán and means "the dark one" or "the black one". Another form of the given name derived from Ciarán, which is less common, is Kieron .
Name bearer
First name
- Kieran Conry (born 1950), British Roman Catholic bishop
- Kieran Crotty (born 1930), Irish politician
- Kieran Culkin (* 1982), American actor
- Kieran Doherty (1955–1981), Northern Irish resistance fighter
- Kieran Gibbs (* 1989), English soccer player
- Kieran Kane (born 1949), American country singer and songwriter
- Kieran Lee (* 1988), English soccer player
- Kieran Lyons (* 1989), Australian chess player
- Kieran Modra (1972-2019), Australian cyclist
- Kieran O'Brien (born 1973), British actor
- Kieran O'Reilly (born 1952), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
- Kieran Page (* 1983), British cyclist
- Kieran Phelan (1949-2010), Irish politician
- Kieran Richardson (* 1984), English football player
- Kieran Trippier (* 1990), English football player
- Kieran Tierney (born 1997) Scottish soccer player
family name
- Dan Kieran (* 1975), British author
- Lynne Kieran (1960–2013), British-Austrian singer