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 [ syll. cil-lian, ci-lli-an ] The boy name Cillian has its origins in the Celtic language, and it is used largely in French and Irish. An original form of the name is Ceallach (Celtic and Old Irish). The first name was originally a Gaelic nickname from the element ceallach ('war, strife') or ceall ('church, monastery'). It was borne by various early Irish saints, including the 7th-century Saint Cillian who evangelized Franconia in Germany; he was martyred at Würzburg, where a cathedral was built in honor of him. The name is often Anglicized as Killian. Variant forms of the name include the Irish Ceallach, the Irish Cillín, the English, French, German, and Irish Kilian, the English Killie, the English Killy, and the English, French, and German Kylian. Another form of Cillian is the English, French, German, and Irish spelling variant Killian. Cillian is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly related to Cillian, the English, French, German, and Irish Killian was the most frequently used. Baby names that sound like Cillian include the Irish Cillín, the Arabic Saalim, the name Salam, the French Salaun, the Arabic and English Saleem, the Slavic Salem, the Arabic and English Salim, the Arabic, Turkish, and English Selim, the Yiddish Selman, the Spanish Selmo, the English Selwin, the English Selwyn, the English Shallon, the English and Hebrew Shalom, the Yiddish Shelomoh, the Hebrew and Yiddish Shlomo, the English and Hebrew Sholom, the Irish and Scottish Solamh, the English Solom, and the Arabic and Urdu Sulema. A famous person named Cillian is Cillian Murphy, Actor, born 25 May 1976, Douglas, Cork, Ireland.   |
