Kilian (name)
Kilian (Latin Chilianus ) is a male given name and a family name in southern, central and eastern Europe.
Origin and meaning
The holy Kilian , an Irish bishop, a missionary in the 7th century in Würzburg and is the patron saint of the Franks. The name was therefore widespread in the past, especially in Franconia .
Kilian comes from the Celtic archetype Ceallach and means "war", "war" and "fighters".
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Namesake
- Saint Kilian , Irish bishop and missionary in Würzburg, martyr
Name bearer
First name
- Kilian Albrecht (* 1973), Austrian ski racer
- Kilian von Bibra (around 1425–1494), provost 1483 and vicar general 1486 in Würzburg
- Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689–1751), German builder
- Kilian Fischhuber (* 1983), Austrian sport climber
- Kilian Glück (* 1984), German ice hockey player
- Kilian Goldstein (1499–1568), German lawyer
- Kilian Hennessy (1907-2010), French businessman
- Kílian Jornet Burgada (* 1987), Spanish ski mountaineer
- Kilian Koll (1898–1945), German writer
- Kilian Kramer (* 1989), German poker player
- Kilian Patour (* 1982), French racing cyclist
- Kilian Reuter († 1517), German humanist and playwright
- Kilian Saum (* 1958), German Benedictine priest and author
- Kilian von Schleinitz (* 1994), German skeleton pilot
- Kilian von Steiner (1833–1903), German banker
- Kilian Stobæus (1690–1742), Swedish physician and scientist
- Kilian Wenger (* 1990), Swiss wrestling king 2010
- Kilian Zoll (1818–1860), Swedish painter
family name
- Achim Kilian (1926–2002), German special camp inmate and author of modern historical works
- Adrian Kilian (* 1994), German voice actor
- André Kilian (* 1987), German soccer player
- Augustinus Kilian (1856–1930), Bishop of Limburg
- Bartholomäus Kilian (1630–1696), German draftsman and engraver
- Christa Kilian-Hatz (* 1963), German Africanist
- Christoph Kilian (* 1951), German professional golfer
- Claus Kilian (* 1928), German visual artist
- Constantin Kilian (* 1953), German author and director
- Dieter E. Kilian (* 1941), Colonel i. G. the Bundeswehr and German author
- Dietrich Kilian (1928–1984), German musicologist
- Ferdinand Kilian (1937–1985), German master hairdresser
- Frank Kilian (* 1964), Hessian local politician (SPD)
- Georg Kilian (1903–1973), German scientist and manager
- Götz Kilian (1892–1940), German communist, victim of the Köpenick Blood Week
- Gunnar Kilian (* 1975), German journalist; Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG
- Günter Kilian (* 1950), German water polo player
- Gustav Kilian (1907–2000), German racing cyclist and trainer
- Gustav Kilian (politician) (1897–1960), German politician
- Hannes Kilian (1909–1999), German photographer
- Hanns Kilian (1905–1981), German bobsledder
- Hanns-Georg Kilian (1925–2017), German physicist
- Hans Kilian (1921–2008), German psychoanalyst
- Heinz Kilian (1915–2007), German broadcaster
- Hermann Friedrich Kilian (1800–1863), German gynecologist
- Horst Kilian (* 1950), German water polo player
- Hubertus Kilian (1827–1899), German musician
- Inge Kilian (* 1935), German athlete
- Isot Kilian (1924–1986), German actress and assistant director
- Jan Kilian (1811–1884), Sorbian Evangelical Lutheran pastor
- Jens Kilian (* 1958), German scene and costume designer
- Jessica Kilian (* 1981), Swiss skeleton pilot
- Joseph Aloys Kilian (1790–1851), member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Minister of State of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Klaus Kilian (1939-1992), German prehistoric
- Konrad Joseph Kilian (1771–1811), German doctor of natural philosophy, personal physician to Alexander I (Russia)
- Luca Kilian (* 1999), German soccer player (BVB (second place) → SC Paderborn)
- Lucas Kilian (1579–1637), German draftsman and engraver
- Ludger Kilian (* 19 **), German architect
- Lukas Kilian (* 1986), German lawyer and politician
- Mark Kilian , composer for film music
- Martin Kilian (1928–2014), German bobsledder and local politician (SED)
- Michael Kilian (Journalist) (1939-2005), American journalist
- Michael Kilian (lawyer) (* 1949), German legal scholar and judge
- Mike Kilian (* 1961), German musician
- Oskar Kilian (1860–1938), writer and editor-in-chief
- Otto Kilian (1879–1945), German politician (SPD, USPD, KPD), journalist and writer
- Pablo Paolo Kilian (* 1984), German pianist, sound artist, composer and arranger
- Peter Kilian (1911–1988), Swiss working-class writer and poet
- Petra Kilian (* 1965), German costume designer
- Philipp Kilian (1628–1693), German engraver
- Philipp Andreas Kilian (1714–1759), German engraver
- Rosemarie Kilian (1919-2014), German actress
- Siegfried Kilian (1928–1983), German actor
- Susanne Kilian (* 1940), German author
- Victor Kilian (1891–1979), American actor
- Wolfgang Kilian (copperplate engraver) (1581–1663), German copperplate engraver
- Wolfgang Kilian (lawyer) (* 1939), German lawyer and legal IT specialist
- Wolfgang Philipp Kilian (1654–1732), German engraver
Spread of the family name
In Germany and Austria a total of around 5000 families bear this name. It can also be heard occasionally as a first name in Spain and France.