Ciara () is a popular

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

female name and was tenth on the list of most popular names given to baby girls in

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in 2006. It is the feminine version of the name

Ciarán Ciarán (Irish spelling) or Ciaran (Scottish Gaelic spelling) is a traditionally male given name of Irish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ''ciar'' ("black", "dark"). ...

, meaning "dark-haired", and was also the name of Saint Ciara, a seventh-century Irish

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...

venerated by the

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. The name is often anglicized as Keira, Kiara, or

Kiera Kiera is a female given name. It is an Anglicized version of ''Ciara'', the name of a 7th-century saint, and means 'dark' or 'dark haired ' in Irish. People with this name *Kiera Aitken (born 1983), swimmer from Bermuda * Kiera Allen (born 1997), ...

People

* Ciara Baxendale (born 1995), British actress *

Ciara Bravo Ciara Quinn Bravo (; born March 18, 1997) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, starring in the Nickelodeon series ''Big Time Rush'' and the Fox series ''Red Band Society''. She also appeared in the Nickelodeon televisi ...

(born 1997), American actress, pronounced "Sierra" *

Ciara Considine Ciara Considine is a musician known for her Celtic and folk music. She has toured throughout the world playing flute and piano, as well as other instruments, and singing. Ciara Considine started singing with her older siblings, when she was a ...

, a musician known for her Celtic and folk music *

Ciara Conway Ciara Conway (born 13 August 1980) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford constituency from 2011 to 2016. She attended NUI Galway. She is married to Gary Honer. A former member of Dungar ...

(born 1980), Irish Labour Party politician, Teachta Dála (TD) for Waterford from 2011 to 2016 *

Ciara Gaynor Ciara Gaynor is a camogie player, winner of an All-Star award in 2004, a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003, and five All Ireland medals in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004. Family background Ciara's father Len Gayn ...

, a camogie player * Ciara Gibson-Byrne (born 1992), British water polo player *

Ciara Grant (footballer, born 1978) Ciara Mary Grant (born 17 May 1978) is an Irish former international football midfielder from Waterford. She played club football for Arsenal L.F.C. and internationally for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. Club career Gra ...

Ciara Grant (footballer, born 1993) Ciara Grant (born 11 June 1993) is an Irish physician and professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Heart of Midlothian of the Scottish Women's Premier League and for the Republic of Ireland national team. Grant has previously play ...

Ciara Hanna Ciara Chantel Hanna is an American actress and model. She is known for playing the roles of Gia Moran in ''Power Rangers Megaforce'' and Nicole Parker in '' Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys''. Early life Hann ...

(born 1991), American actress and model *

Ciara Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model and entrepreneur. She released her debut studio album, '' Goodies'' in 2004, which spawned four singles: " Goodies" (featuring Petey Pa ...

(born 1985), singer Ciara Harris, pronounced "Sierra"The Great Big Book of Baby Names - Page 392 Cleveland Kent Evans - 2006 "Finally, many parents, especially in the African-American community, have used Ciara as an alternative spelling for Sierra, which is how the R&B singer Ciara pronounces the name." *

Ciara Horne Ciara Maurizia Horne (born 17 September 1989) is a British racing cyclist. Having formerly represented Ireland at an international level, Horne has switched nationality and currently rides on the track for the Welsh Cycling backed Team USN, and ...

(born 1989), British racing cyclist *

Ciara Janson Ciara Janson Zelmerlöw ( née Janson; born 27 April 1987) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Nicole Owen on ''Hollyoaks''. Career The gurgle over at 18 months started Ciara's career as a voice over artist and inspired ...

(born 1987), English actress *

Ciara Kelly Ciara Kelly is an Irish radio presenter, columnist and former GP. She presents the morning show on Newstalk. She also has a weekly column with the '' Sunday Independent''. Career Kelly qualified from University College Dublin as a medical doctor ...

, Irish journalist and broadcaster *

Ciara Lucey Ciara Lucey is a camogie player, winner of an All-Star award in 2005. One of just three Dublin players to win awards in the history of the scheme, she was play-maker as Dublin won the All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship in 2005 for the fi ...

, Irish camogie player *

Ciara McAvoy Ciara McAvoy is a Scottish artist who primarily creates hand-drawn film posters using oil paint. Her work has been used by a wide variety of movie studios and production companies for modern films like '' X-Men: First Class'' and ''Filth''. She ...

, poster artist *

Ciara McCormack Ciara Marie McCormack (born 29 September 1979) is a soccer defender who plays for Treaty United. She has made eight appearances for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. College career McCormack won a scholarship to Yale Univ ...

(born 1979), a Canadian–born Irish female soccer defender *

Ciara Michel Ciara Kathleen Michel (born 2 July 1985) is a British/American volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker. Born in Taunton, Somerset Michel learned to play volleyball in Miami, Florida after her parents moved there when she was aged 10. In ...

(born 1985), British volleyball player *

Ciara Newell Bellefire were an Irish girl group, best known for their 2002 cover of the U2 song " All I Want Is You". The original line-up consisted of Kelly Kilfeather (born 23 March 1979), Tara Lee (born 25 July 1982), Cathy Newell (born 14 July 1982) a ...

, an original member of Irish girl group Bellefire *

Ciara O'Connor Ciara O'Connor is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2010 and 2011 and an Intermediate Soaring Star award in 2011. Other awards She captained Wexford to the National League Div two title in 2009. Daughter of Teddy O'Con ...

, Irish camogie player *

Ciara Peelo Ciara Peelo (born 1 October 1979) is an Irish sailor. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Peelo represented Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's Laser Radial class, where she finished 20th. She was the Irish flagbearer during the 2008 Su ...

(born 1979), Irish sailor *

Ciara Renée Ciara Renée Harper (born October 19, 1990) is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her roles on Broadway as The Witch in ''Big Fish,'' the Leading Player in ''Pippin'', and Elsa in '' Frozen.'' She played Esmeralda in ''The H ...

(born 1990), American actress *

Ciara Sotto Ciara Anna Gamboa Sotto ( , born July 2, 1980) is a Filipina actress and singer. Personal life She is the youngest daughter of actress Helen Gamboa, Helen Gamboa-Sotto and actor and Senate of the Philippines, Senator Vicente Sotto III. She ...

(born 1980), Filipina actress and singer (pronounced as "sha-ra") * Ciara Storey, Irish camogie player * Ciara Whelan, Irish television presenter

Fictional characters

Ciara Brady Ciara Brady Weston is a fictional character from ''Days of Our Lives'', an American soap opera on the NBC network. Created by Hogan Sheffer and Meg Kelly, the role is portrayed by Victoria Konefal since 2017. She is a member of three of the most ...

*Ciara (on the TV show

Lost Girl ''Lost Girl'' is a Canadian supernatural drama television series that premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010, and ran for five seasons. It follows the life of a bisexual succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk, as she learns to control ...

) * Ciara Porter (

The Cuckoo's Calling ''The Cuckoo's Calling'' is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. It is the first novel in the ''Cormoran Strike'' series of detective novels and was followed by ''The Silkworm'' in 2014, ' ...

)

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