Kyran
Ciarán or Ciaran is a traditionally male given name of Irish and Scottish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar. It is the masculine version of the name Ciara.
- Irish
Meaning & Origin of Kyran
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ciarán or Ciaran is a traditionally male given name of Irish and Scottish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar. It is the masculine version of the name Ciara.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
The Story of Kyran
American parents first put Kyran on the record books as a baby boy name in 1933, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 189 Kyrans were born — ranking #1,030 that year. About 42% of every Kyran on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kyran ranks #1,887 for baby boys with 86 births, gradually falling (-13%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kyran
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kyran. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ciar
- Ciarán
- Kieran
Notable people named Kyran
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Ciarán Bairéad (1905–1976), Irish folklorist and scholar
- Ciarán Barry , Irish hurler
- Ciarán Bourke (1935–1988), Irish musician
- Ciarán Brennan (born 1956), Irish musician
- Ciarán Byrne (born 1994), Irish Australian rules footballer
- Ciarán Cannon (born 1965), Irish politician
- Ciarán Carey (born 1970), Irish hurling player
- Ciaran Carson (1948–2019), Northern Irish poet and playwright
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Names that sound like Kyran
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About the name Kyran
Kyran is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1933 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Kyran's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #1,030. Use the chart and map above to compare Kyran's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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