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[Facts] Re: Meaning of name "Ciarda"???
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In Ireland, there are several girls named Ciarda:Ciarda Tobin (theather director from Limerick)
http://www.roscommonpeople.ie/itemdetail.asp?itemID=1249Ciarda O'Connell (from University of Limerick)
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~basketball/99_00_team_details.htmCiarda Maher (from Ballina, Co Mayo)
www.communitygames.ie/site/area/munster/story.jsp?c=1&id=249&type=tipperary Ciarda Supple (from Athboy, Co Meath)
http://www.kerryman.ie/local-notes/countywide-1207819.htmlAnd not a single example of use of Ciarda in Ireland in masculine nowadays.
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Yeah, my guess is that is more to do with the fact that Ciarda looks/sounds more like a female name nowadays. It could be also that the parents wanted an Irish version of the female name Kerry and found Ciarda.Historically though, I think it is 100% male. I don't know of any Irish surnames that feature female names in that way.
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I agreeAll those Ciardas are more or less young and the only records of historical use of Ciarda are as surname (for example in the case of Padraic O Ciarda, from Tg4), which suggest an original masculine name.
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