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Ciar - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ciar

[ syll. ciar, ci-ar ] The boy name Ciar is also used as a girl name. Ciar is used predominantly in the Irish language and its origin is Celtic. The name is of the meaning dark one, dark-haired one. Derived literally from the element 'ciar' meaning black. The name Ciara (English and Irish) is the female version of Ciar. Ciarán (Irish pet form) is a variant of Ciar.

Ciar is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Ciar include Cesaire (French), Cesare (English and Italian), Cesareo (Spanish), Chikere (Igbo), and Cesario (Spanish).


 
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