Comments for the name 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.

Ciarán Hinds is an Irish-born actor.

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

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

Pronounced KEE-a-ro-n.

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

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.

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

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".

Pronounced Keer-awn.

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.

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

Now a chav name.

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

This is such an interesting and Strong Masculine name, unusual, I love it!

While the proper pronunciation of this name is nice, Ciaran might be a difficult name to use in the US, as most people will want to pronounce it "Cee-AH-run" or "Cee-AIR-un".