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I love it.....

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But it does make me think of the word kill, but that's fine. It's said KIL-e-an. Here's a link to a great site where you can listen to it pronounced and many other great irish names. ^_^ http://www.babynamesofireland.com/pages/boy-names-c-d.html

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My Favorite Names:

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Girls: Sabriel, Serafina, Augustine, Ravenna, Leona, Ariella, Fiona, Quintessa, Arianna, Adele (ah-dhe-LEE), Gwenivere, Genevieve, Lilith, Katerina, Shilia, Catriona, and Keira.

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Boys: Keiran, Quinn, Aidan, Vincent, Caden, Killian, Lochlan, Magnus, Xavier, Finley, and Malachi

This message was edited 8/9/2005, 9:31 PM

I like it a lot, but I prefer the spelling Cillian.

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Hannah

I just can't get past the "Kill". I like the traditional spelling of Cillian, but would be afraid it would be mispronounced all his life. I can see using it (spelling Cillian) as a mn, though.

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~Heather~

also Kylian is another way to spell it

I like the name Killian even if it makes me think of Killian's Irish Red (a kind of beer).

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Kieran is a name I also like that has the same feel without alcohol or "kill" associations.

I don't care for it at all. The Kill- aspect of it really turns me off from it. Plus, I don't find it at all masculine sounding.

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I scarcely contain my glee. - "The Ladykillers"

I also love this name but only with the spelling Kilian. I guess in Germany there isn´t the "Kill-Ian"-problem because of another pronounciation. I pronounce it KEE-lian while English speaking person pronounce it KILL-ian.

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See the current list of names in my profile. :D

Its quite nice I have a soft spot for names ending in ian though strangly I really dislike the name Ian

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A childs smile is worth more to me than Gold

This message was edited 8/9/2005, 7:26 AM

I love Killian too, but would probably spell it Cillian.

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~Lisa~
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My Babies !!!!!: Morgaine, Arthur, Vivianne, Lancelot, and Guinevere

its a beer too...stick with keiran keir, but killian is to bumpy

Kill Ian?

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You all seem to have homicidal tendencies ;). Would it make a difference to you if it was spelled Cillian or Kilian? Anyway, I'm German and in German it doesn't sound like "killing" at all.

I hate it, sorry. It screams "Kill Ian" to me.

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

I kind of like it, but it reminds me a bit too much of "kill" and of a boy I met a while ago...his name was Killian (but I think he spelled it Quílian...CRAZY adaptation to the Catalan phonetics!) and he wasn't the nicest kid I've met, really. :-/

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EVA

Sorry, I think of Killer and killin'. But this may be just me.

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There was a Swedish saint, called Ilian. I like this one better but English-speaking people may assocate it with "ill". WDYT of Julian?