Comments for CIARÁN:

Correct Gaelic spelling: Ciarán. The 'fada' above the second a makes the vowel long thus resulting in an 'aw' sound. Hence correct pronunciation of the name becomes keer-on.

-- ogormanc  10/17/2005

Ciarán Hinds is an Irish-born actor.

-- Melusine  5/2/2006

Ciaran is pronounced KEE-rin or can be pronounced KEER-awn.

-- Anonymous User  7/29/2006

A staff member of the site MuggleNet.com is named Ciaran. He's awesome.

-- LoveTheNameMackenzie  8/12/2006

Pronounced KEE-a-ro-n.

-- Mine  8/29/2006

Ciaran Bourke, one of the original members of the Irish folk band The Dubliners, bore this name.

-- Druid  10/15/2006

I have named my baby Ciaran, I just loved this spelling, that is one of the reasons I choose this name. I think it is such a strong sounding name.

-- Anonymous User  11/10/2006

It's pronounced "KEE-a-rawn".

-- gaelruadh19  1/28/2007

My younger brother was almost named Ciaran. My parents ended up changing it to Braden, though, because the nurses kept calling him Karen, and they worried kids would call him "Ciar the Queer".

-- Petroushka  3/4/2007

Pronounced Keer-awn.

-- Clodagh  4/9/2007

I like this name but I'd like it better if it had a shorter 'a' sound, like Ciara with an 'n' at the end.

-- Anonymous User  5/30/2007

Ciarán Brennan is a famous bearer of the name. He's one the members of the Irish band Clannad.

-- Anonymous User  9/12/2007

Now a chav name.

-- Anonymous User  11/3/2007

Ciaran MacEwan bears the name as the antagonist in Cate Tiernan's Sweep(US)/Wicca(UK) book series.

-- MessOfADreamer  1/16/2009

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