Ciarán ( Irish spelling) or Ciaran (

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

spelling) is a traditionally male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

of Irish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a

diminutive A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...

suffix to ''ciar'' ("black", "dark"). It is the masculine version of the name

Ciara Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. She was discovered by record producer Jazze Pha in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence with her debut studio album, ''Goodies ...

. The name became common in reference to Ciar, son of

Fergus mac Róich Fergus mac Róich/Róigh (literally "Virility, manliness, son of great stallion") is an Irish hero and a character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Formerly the king of Ulaid, Ulster, he is tricked out of the kingship and betrayed by Conc ...

, who gave his name to the Ciarraige and

County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...

, and two early Irish saints both counted among the

Twelve Apostles of Ireland The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, ) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Erard's ...

: Ciarán the Elder and

Ciarán the Younger 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") ...

. It is anglicised in various ways: Ciaran, Kieran, Keiran, Keiron, Keiren, Keerun, Kiran, etc. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Kierans were the chiefly family of the

Cíarraige The Ciarraige were a population-group recorded in the early historic era in Ireland. Origins The word Ciarraige means ''the people of Ciar''. Ciar was the illegitimate son of Fergus, the King of Ulster. After being banished from the Court of ...

tribe who in turn were from the

Dumnonii The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a Britons (historical), British List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes, tribe who inhabited Dumnonia, the area now known as Cornwall and Devon (and some areas of present-day Dorset and Somerset) in the further pa ...

Laigin The Laigin, modern spelling Laighin (), were a Gaelic population group of early Ireland. They gave their name to the Kingdom of Leinster, which in the medieval era was known in Irish as ''Cóiced Laigen'', meaning "Fifth/province of the Leinste ...

who were the third wave of

Celts The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...

to settle in

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

during the first century BC. The name can also be found in the Irish surname of O'Keiran, meaning "descendant of Ciarán".

Notable people

Ciarán Bairéad Ciarán Bairéad (1905–1976) was an Irish folklorist, scribe and scholar. Ciarán Bairéad was born into a native Irish speaking family in Dublin on 17 February 1905. His parents were Siobhán Ní Mhurchú and Stiofán Bairéad (1867-1921), ...

(1905–1976), Irish folklorist and scholar *

Ciarán Bourke Ciarán Bourke (18 February 1935 – 10 May 1988) was an Irish musician and one of the original founding members of the Irish folk band The Dubliners. Early life Ciarán Bourke was born in Dublin on 18 February 1935, but lived most of his life ...

(1935–1988), Irish musician *

Ciarán Brennan Clannad () were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings , and (Moya) (in English, Brennan) and their twin uncles Noel and (Duggan). They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history. Beginni ...

(born 1956), Irish musician *

Ciarán Byrne Ciarán Byrne (born 6 December 1994) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the St Mochta's club at senior level for the Louth county team. He previously played professional Australian rules football for the Carlton Football Club. His nickname ...

(born 1994), Irish Australian rules footballer *

Ciarán Cannon Ciarán Cannon (born 19 September 1965) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency from 2011 to 2024. He previously served as a senator for the Progressive Democrats and was the l ...

(born 1965), Irish politician *

Ciarán Carey Ciarán Carey (born 16 January 1970) is an Irish former player, hurling manager and selector. Primarily playing at the centre-back position, Carey's club career was with Patrickswell and at inter-county level with Limerick. He was a key memb ...

(born 1970), Irish hurling player *

Ciaran Carson Ciaran Gerard Carson ( Irish: ''Ciarán Gearóid Mac Carráin''; 9 October 1948 – 6 October 2019) was a Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist. Early life and education Ciaran Carson was born on 9 October 1948 in Belfast Belfast ...

(1948–2019), Northern Irish poet and playwright *

Ciaran Clark Ciaran Clark (born 26 September 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for Baller League club Trebol FC. In eleven-a-side football, he operates as a centre-back, central midfielder or left-back. Clark is a product of the Aston Villa Aca ...

(born 1989), Irish footballer *

Ciaran Clear Ciaran Clear (1920 – 2000) was an Irish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded ...

John Patrick (1920–2000), Irish painter *

Ciarán Cuffe Ciarán Cuffe (born 3 April 1963) is an Irish politician who has been co-chair of the European Green Party (EGP) since December 2024. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency from July 2019 ...

(born 1963), Irish politician * Ciaran Donnelly (footballer) (born 1984), English footballer * Ciarán Farrell (born 1969), Irish composer *

Ciaran Fitzgerald Ciaran Fitzgerald is an Irish former rugby union player. He captained Ireland to the Triple Crown in 1982 and 1985, and the Five Nations Championship in 1983. Fitzgerald also captained the Lions on their 1983 tour. After the conclusion of h ...

(born 1952), Irish rugby player and coach *

Ciarán Griffiths Ciarán Joseph Griffiths ( ; born 3 March 1983) is a British actor from Manchester, England. His roles in television include Gary Best in ''The Bill'', Mickey Maguire in '' Shameless'' and Damon Hay in ''Coronation Street''. Biography Griffit ...

(born 1983), English actor * Ciaran Gultnieks (born 1970), English computer/video game programmer *

Ciarán Hinds Ciarán Hinds ( ; born 9 February 1953) is a British Northern Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Love ...

(born 1953), Irish actor * Ciarán Hope,

Fulbright Scholar The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the peopl ...

and Irish composer of

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

choral A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

, and film music * Ciaran Jenkins (born 1984), Welsh journalist * Ciaran Jeremiah, British keyboardist *

Ciarán Joyce Ciarán Joyce (born 2002) is an Irish Hurling, hurler. At club level he plays with Castlemartyr GAA, Castlemartyr, divisional side Imokilly GAA, Imokilly and at inter-county level with the Cork county hurling team, Cork senior team. Early lif ...

(born 2002), Irish hurler * Ciarán Kilkenny (born 1993), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Ciarán Kelly (footballer, born 1980) Ciarán Kelly (born 14 March 1980), is an Irish former professional footballer and head coach for Lusail SC in Qatar who played as a goalkeeper. He last played football for Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division until 2013. E ...

* Ciaran Kelly (footballer, born 1998) * Ciarán Kenny (born 1984), Irish hurler *

Ciarán Lenehan Ciarán Lenehan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays for Meath Senior Football Championship club Skryne and the Meath county team. Lenehan made his senior inter-county debut against Kildare in the Leinster Senior Football Champions ...

(born 1990), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Ciarán Lynch Ciarán Lynch (born 13 June 1964) is an Irish former Labour Party (Ireland), Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency), Cork South-Central constituency from 2007 to 2016. He was e ...

(born 1964), Irish politician * Ciarán Lyng (born 1985), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Ciarán MacGillivray The Cottars are a Canadian Celtic musical group from Cape Breton Island formed in 2000. The group's current members are Ciarán MacGillivray, Fiona MacGillivray, Bruce Timmins, and Claire Pettit. History The Cottars were founded in late 2000 wh ...

(born 1987), member of Cape Breton musical group "The Cottars" *

Ciarán Mac Mathúna Ciarán Mac Mathúna (26 November 1925 – 11 December 2009) was an Irish broadcaster and music collector. He was a recognised authority on Irish traditional music and lectured extensively on the subject. He travelled around Ireland, England, Sc ...

(1925–2009), Irish broadcaster and music expert *

Ciaran Madden Ciaran Anne Magdalene Madden (born 27 December 1942) is a retired English stage, film, and television actress, who was professionally active from the late 1960s through the late 1990s. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RA ...

(born 1942), English actress *

Ciarán Martyn Ciarán Martyn (born 25 March 1980) is an Irish retired footballer who last played as a midfielder for Ballinamallard United of the NIFL Premiership. Career Born in Sligo, Ireland, Martyn started his career at U.C.D. where he scored in a 2 ...

(born 1980), Irish footballer *

Ciarán McDonald Ciarán McDonald (born 11 January 1975) is a Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players o ...

(born 1975), Irish Gaelic footballer * Ciarán McKeown (1943–2019), Northern Irish peace activist *

Ciarán McMenamin Ciarán McMenamin (born 1 October 1975) is a Northern Irish actor and author. Early life McMenamin was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where he attended St Michael's College. He earned his B.A. from the Royal Scot ...

(born 1975), Northern Irish actor *

Ciarán Murphy Ciarán Patrick Murphy (born 30 May 1940) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Wicklow from 1973 to 1982. A secondary school teacher before entering politics, Murphy was elected to Dáil Éireann on his f ...

(born 1940), Irish politician *

Ciaran O'Brien Ciaran Patrick O'Brien (born November 17, 1987) is an American former soccer coach and player. Early life and education O'Brien played center midfield for four years at Decatur High School in Federal Way, Washington, where he earned NSCAA All- ...

(born 1987), American soccer player *

Ciarán O Gealbháin 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") ...

, Irish singer * Ciarán O'Keeffe (born 1971), English parapsychologist * Ciaran O'Leary (born 1973), Irish professional poker player *

Ciarán Power Ciarán Power (born 8 May 1976) is an Irish former professional racing cyclist, the first Irish cyclist to ride in a major tour since Stephen Roche in 1993. Power turned professional in 2000 with the Linda McCartney Racing Team and rode the 20 ...

(born 1976), Irish cyclist *

Ciarán Sheehan (dual player) Ciarán Sheehan (born 19 November 1990) is an Irish sportsman. Sheehan played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club Éire Óg GAA (Cork), Éire Óg, his divisional side Muskerry GAA, Muskerry, and was a member of the Cork county footb ...

(born 1990), Irish Australian rules footballer *

Ciarán Sheehan (actor) Ciarán Sheehan (born ) is an Irish-born singer and actor who has appeared in several off-Broadway and Broadway theatre productions. Born in Dublin, he made his Broadway debut in ''Les Misérables'', playing Babet and understudying Marius Pontm ...

, Irish actor *

Ciarán Walsh Ciarán Walsh (born 1980 in Carlow, Ireland) is a contemporary Irish artist living in Berlin, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to ...

, Irish artist *

Ciarán Whelan Ciarán Whelan (born 28 February 1976 in Raheny, County Dublin) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Raheny club and, formerly, for the Dublin county team. He is right-footed but can kick with both feet and usually plays in midfield. He was ...

(born 1976), Irish Gaelic footballer

Saints

* Saint Ciarán Saighir or Ciarán the Elder * Saint

Ciarán of Clonmacnoise Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (c. 516 – c. 549), supposedly born Ciarán mac an tSaeir ("son of the carpenter"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and the first abbot of Clonmacnoise. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Youn ...

or Ciarán the Younger * Saint Ciarán of Dissert-Kieran, celebrated 14 June * Saint Ciarán of Clonsost, commemorated 30 April * Saint Ciarán mac Colga, celebrated 19 May * Saint Ciarán Mac Eochaidh of

Tubrid Tubrid or Tubbrid () is a civil and former ecclesiastical parish situated between the towns of Cahir and Clogheen in County Tipperary, Ireland. A cluster of architectural remains at the old settlement still known as Tubrid includes an ancient c ...

, a protogé of Saint Declan

People with the given name Ciaron

* Ciaron Brown (born 1998), English footballer *

Ciaron Harkin Ciaron "Jackie" Harkin (born 15 January 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club Derry City. He previously played for NIFL Premiership clubs Institute and Coleraine. Career Y ...

(born 1996), Irish footballer *

Ciaron Maher Ciaron Maher (born 27 May 1981) is an Australian, Melbourne Cup winning, horse trainer. He grew up on his parents' dairy farm situated at Winslow, a town near Warrnambool Warrnambool (; Eastern Maar, Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch' ...

(born 1981), Australian horse trainer *

Ciaron O'Reilly Ciaron O'Reilly (born 1960) is an Australian social justice and anti-war campaigner, peace protester, and Catholic Worker, having, as the book ''Christian Anarchism'' put it: "engaged in... protests, acts of civil disobedience and trials in Eng ...

(born 1960), Australian activist *

Ciaron Pilbeam Ciaron Pilbeam is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the Technical Director, Performance at the Alpine Formula One team. Career Pilbeam first started at British American Racing working in Vehicle Dynamics. A year later, he worked ...

, British Formula One engineer

People with the given name Keiren

Keiren Westwood Keiren Westwood (born 23 October 1984) is a former professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Crewe Alexandra. He is now goalkeeping coach for The New Saints and runs the Keiren Westwood Goalkeeper Academy. Born in England, he ...

(born 1984), English-Irish footballer

People with the given name Kieran

Kieran Brennan Kieran Brennan (born 20 June 1957) is an Irish Army major general and former hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations with the Irish Defence Forces ...

(born 1957), Irish hurler *

Kieran Charnock Kieran James Charnock (born 3 August 1984) is an English footballer who plays as a defender. Career Born in Preston, Lancashire, Charnock began his career at Wigan Athletic, coming through the club's youth system. However, he failed to establi ...

(born 1984), English footballer *

Kieran Conry Kieran Thomas Conry (born 1 February 1951) is a Roman Catholic bishop. He was the Bishop of Arundel and Brighton from 2001 until his resignation in 2014. Early life and ordination Conry was born in Coventry and educated at All Souls Roman Ca ...

(born 1951), Bishop of Arundel and Brighton *

Kieran Culkin Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. Known for portraying distasteful yet sympathetic characters across stage and screen, List of awards and nominations received by Kieran Culkin, his accolades include an Academy A ...

(born 1982), American actor * Kieran Doherty (1955–1981), Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger striker * Kieran Doherty, Northern Irish writer, TV format creator and Executive Producer *

Kieran Donaghy Kieran Donaghy (born 1 March 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and basketball player. He plays for Tralee club Austin Stacks and, formerly, at senior level for the Kerry county team. Donaghy won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship m ...

(born 1983), Irish Gaelic footballer * Kieran Donnelly, Irish Gaelic footballer * Kieran Dover (born 1996), Australian soccer player * Kieran Egan (1942–2022), Irish-Anglo-Canadian educationist *

Kieran Foran Kieran Foran (born 13 July 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL). Foran previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in two separate ...

(born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player *

Kieran Gibbs Kieran James Ricardo Gibbs (born 26 September 1989) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back. Gibbs began his senior career with Arsenal F.C., Arsena ...

(born 1989), English footballer * Kieran Phelan (1949–2010), Irish Politician *

Kieran Goss Kieran Goss is a contemporary singer-songwriter. Biography Kieran Goss was born and raised in Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. Goss recorded his first album, ''Brand New Star'', in 1989. It contained the songs "Brand New Star" and " ...

(born 1962), Irish musician * Kieran Hanrahan (born 1957), Irish musician and broadcaster *

Kieran Hebden Kieran Miles David Hebden (born September 1977), known as Four Tet, is an English electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting and critically acc ...

(born 1977), English musician *

Kieran Kane Kieran Kane (born October 7, 1949) is an American country music artist, as well as the owner of Dead Reckoning Records, an independent record label. Between 1986 and 1990, he and Jamie O'Hara comprised The O'Kanes, a duo which charted seven ...

(born 1949), American country singer * Kieran Lalor (born 1976), American politician * Kieran Lyons (born 1989), Fiji's top female chess player * Kieran Mahon, British musician *

Kieran McAnespie Kieran Liam McAnespie (born 11 September 1979) is a football manager and former player. Capable of playing as a full-back or winger, he appeared in the Scottish Premier League for St Johnstone and Hearts. Born in England as a teenager he repre ...

(born 1979), Scottish footballer * Kieran McFeely, Irish musician *

Kieran McGeeney Kieran McGeeney (born 18 October 1971) is an Irish people, Irish Gaelic football Manager (Gaelic games), manager and former player, who currently manages his native county team, Armagh county football team, Armagh, having previously managed the ...

(born 1971), Irish Gaelic footballer and coach *

Kieran McKeever Kieran McKeever (born 12 March 1968) is a former dual player of Gaelic games who played Gaelic football and hurling for Derry during the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He is chiefly known as a footballer and was part of Derry's 1993 All-Irel ...

(born 1968), Irish dual player *

Kieran Mulroney Kieran Mulroney (born September 24, 1965) is an American actor known for his numerous television appearances. He is also a musician and screenwriter. Early life He was born on September 24, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia, where he graduated fr ...

(born 1965), American actor and screenwriter * Kieran Noema-Barnett (born 1987), New Zealand cricketer *

Kieran Nugent Kieran Nugent (1958 – 4 May 2000) was an Irish volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and best known for being the first IRA 'blanket man' in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. When sentenced to three years for hijacking a b ...

(1958–2000), Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) member *

Kieran O'Brien Kieran O'Brien (born 1973) is an English actor. Early life and education Born in Oldham, Lancashire, O'Brien grew up in nearby Royton, and was educated at the Bishop Henshaw Roman Catholic Memorial High School in Rochdale. Career O'Brien began ...

(born 1973), English actor * Kieran O'Connor (1979–2020), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Kieran O'Donnell Kieran O'Donnell (born 8 May 1963) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Minister of State (Ireland), Minister of State since December 2022. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City (Dáil constituency), Limerick Ci ...

(born 1963), Irish politician * Kieran Phelan (1949–2010), Irish politician * Sir

Kieran Prendergast Sir Walter Kieran Prendergast (born 2 July 1942) is a British retired diplomat who was Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations. Prendergast was born in Campbeltown, Scotland, and received his education at St Patric ...

(born 1942), English diplomat and former United Nations officer *

Kieran Prendiville Kieran Prendiville (born 25 December 1947) is an English-Irish television writer, producer, and presenter. Early life Prendiville was born on 25 December 1947 in Rochdale, Lancashire, the son of an Irish father from Killorglin, County Kerry, ...

(born 1947), English television writer, producer, and presenter *

Kieran Read Kieran James Read (born 26 October 1985) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played as a number 8 and is a former captain of the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. Read played for New Zealand from 2008 to 2019. He is one of ...

(born 1985), New Zealand rugby union player *

Kieran Richardson Kieran Edward Richardson (born 21 October 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger, left-back, or central midfielder. Richardson began his career as a trainee at West Ham United, going on to play senior footba ...

(born 1984), English footballer * Kieran Scott (born 1974), female American author *

Kieran Smith Kieran Smith (born May 20, 2000) is an American swimmer specializing in freestyle and individual medley events. He currently co-holds short course world records in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay. He was th ...

(born 2000), American swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist * Kieran Suckling (born 1964), Conservationist *

Kieran Tierney Kieran Tierney (born 5 June 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Scotland national team. Tierney came through the Celtic youth system and made his first-team debut in ...

(born 1997), Scottish footballer * Kieran Trippier (born 1990), English footballer *

Kieran West Kieran Martin West (born 18 September 1977) is a retired English rower and Olympic champion who represented Great Britain. Education Born in Kingston upon Thames, West was educated at Dulwich College, in south-east London, before going to C ...

(born 1977), Olympic gold medal-winning rower *

Kieran White Kieran Raymond White (July 27, 1948 – August 9, 1995) was an English baritone rock vocalist and guitarist. He sang and played in the blues-rock band Steamhammer, formed in 1968. Their debut album, '' Steamhammer''. was released in 1969, on w ...

(died 1995), English singer

People with the given name Kieren

Kieren Fallon Kieren Francis Fallon (born 22 February 1965 in Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland) is a retired Irish professional flat racing jockey and was British flat racing Champion Jockey, British Champion Jockey six times. Care ...

(born 1965), six-time British Champion Jockey * Kieren Jack (born 1987), Australian rules footballer *

Kieren Perkins Kieren John Perkins (born 14 August 1973) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer. He specialised in the 1500-metre freestyle and won successive Olympic gold medals in this event in the 1990s. He won his first at the 1992 Olympics which he ...

(born 1973), Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist * Kieren Webster (born 1986), Scottish musician

People with the given name Kieron

* Kieron Dawson (born 1975), Irish rugby union player *

Kieron Dwyer Kieron Dwyer (born March 6, 1967) is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics as well as for his creator-owned projects. Biography During his career, Dwyer has worked on such comic book titles as ...

(born 1967), American comic book artist *

Kieron Dyer Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is a first team coach at Chesterfield FC. Born in Ipswich, Dyer played youth football for his home club Ipswich Town befo ...

(born 1978), English footballer *

Kieron Gillen Kieron Michael Gillen (; born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for his creator-owned series such as '' Once & Future'' (2019–2022), '' Die'' (2018–202 ...

(born 1975), English computer games and music journalist, as well as a comic book author *

Kieron Moore Kieron Moore may refer to * Kieron Moore (Irish actor) (1924-2007), Irish actor * Kieron Moore (English actor) (fl. 2010s–2020s), English actor and boxer {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Kieron ...

(1924–2007), Irish actor *

Kieron Pollard Kieron Adrian Pollard (born 12 May 1987) is a Trinidadian cricketer, who captained the West Indies cricket team in limited overs cricket. He used to play in various T20 leagues around the globe as an all-rounder. He also used to captain MI Ca ...

(born 1987), West Indies cricketer *

Kieron Richardson Kieron Mark Richardson (born 12 January 1986) is an English actor and television presenter. He plays the role of Ste Hay in ''Hollyoaks'', having previously appeared in ''Heartbeat (British TV series), Heartbeat'' as Ricky Smith. He won the Bri ...

(born 1986), English actor

People with the given name Kyran

* Kyran Bracken (born 1971), Irish rugby union player *

Kyran O'Donnell Kyran Martin O'Donnell (born 29 October 1958) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from the 2017 state election to the 2021 state election, representing the district of Kalg ...

(born 1958), Australian politician

Fictional characters

Ciaran McCarthy Ciaran McCarthy is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', portrayed by Keith Duffy. He made his first on-screen appearance on 7 August 2002, before departing in 2005. He returned in 2010 until Duffy tempora ...

, a character from the British soap opera, ''Coronation Street'' * King Ciaran of Venallis, one of the main characters in the ''Song of Souls'' trilogy by Christen Stovall * Lord's Blade Ciaran, from the video game ''

Dark Souls is a dark fantasy action role-playing game series developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Created by Hidetaka Miyazaki, the series began with the release of ''Dark Souls (video game), Dark Souls'' (2011) and has ...

'' * Kieran, from '' The Dark Artifices'' by Cassandra Clare, a Wild Hunter and Mark Blackthorn's boyfriend * Kieran is the son of Lord Donnán, who appears in the seventh episode of psychological horror adventure game, '' The Last Door'' * Lena Kieran Luthor, a character from the CW series ''

Supergirl Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. Th ...

,'' played by ''

Katie McGrath Katie McGrath () is an Irish actress known for several television series: portraying Morgana Pendragon in BBC One's ''Merlin'' (2008–2012), Lucy Westenra on the British-American series ''Dracula'' (2013–2014), Saskia in the TV series ...

'' * Kieran Northrup, the main character of the novel ''Don't Call Me Ishmael'' *Kieran, a playable character in “Fire Emblem-Path of Radiance” and “Fire Emblem-Radiant Dawn” *Ciaran, a mysterious character in "

1899 Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...

" by Netflix * Kieran Duffy, fictional character from

Red Dead Redemption 2 ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in a fictiona ...

* Ciaran, Sarah McCool's love interest in the

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

sitcom, ''

Derry Girls ''Derry Girls'' is a British-produced period teen sitcom set in Derry, Northern Ireland, created and written by Lisa McGee, that premiered on 4 January 2018 on Channel 4 and ran for three series. The channel's most successful comedy since '' ...

'' * Kieran, a supporting character from

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and are 2022 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. They are the first installments in the ninth generation of the ''Pokémon'' video game series. They ...

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The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero ''The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero'' is a two-part downloadable content expansion pack for the 2022 role-playing video games ''Pokémon Scarlet'' and ''Violet'' on Nintendo Switch. It is developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Compan ...

Other cultures

* Cioran is a Romanian surname. A notable individual with the name was nihilist philosopher

Emil Cioran Emil Mihai Cioran (; ; ; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorism ...

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