Ciarán is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “little dark one.” In 2024 it was given to 92 boys in the United States.
Ciarán belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “little dark one” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ciarán first appears in Social Security records in 1959. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1776 in 2024, and in 2024 92 babies received the name — 2,092 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ciarán means “little dark one” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ciarán is a boy name. In 2024, 92 babies received the name in the US.
Ciarán comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Ciarán first appears in US records in 1959. Its best-ever ranking was #1776 in 2024, and 92 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ciarán is pronounced /ciəˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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