My name! I don't have the accent (though I wish it did). I really like it as I am of Irish ancestry (Dad is from Derry) but I'm not sure about the meaning if I'm being honest!
I think it’s a nice name but I’m afraid people in the USA would always pronounce it SEE ran or SEE run. If I were to use it on a baby boy I’d probably go with Kieran.
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".
This is such an interesting and Strong Masculine name, unusual, I love it!
― Anonymous User 7/8/2010
6
Now a chav name.
― Anonymous User 11/3/2007
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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
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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".