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Carran - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Carran

[ syll. car-ran, ca-rr-an ] The boy name Carran is pronounced as KAER-ahN KEY. Carran is used predominantly in English and it is derived from Celtic origins. Carran is of the meaning son of Ciarán, son of the little dark one. From the element 'ciar' which is of the meaning black. The first name is derived from the Irish surname Mac Ciarain. See also the related form, Ciarán (Irish).

Carran is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Carran include Carmen (English and French), Carmine (Italian), Carney (English), Carwyn (Welsh), Corin (French), Corney (English), Cornie (English), Corwin (English), Curran (English), Karam (Arabic), Kareem (English), Karim (Arabic and English), Kearney, Keeran (English), Kerim (Turkish), Kerwen (English), Kerwin (English), Kiaran (English), Kieran (English and Irish), and Kieren (English).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Carran: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Carran Meaning of Ciarán Meaning of Ciar Meaning of Kieran