| [ syll. ci-ná-ed ] The boy name Cináed is of Celtic origin and it is used mainly in the Scottish language. Cináed's meaning is 'born of fire'. Derived from the element aed meaning 'fire'. Cináed was the Gaelic name of the 9th century Kenneth MacAlpin, first king of the Picts and the Scots. The name is often Anglicized as Kenneth. A variation of Cináed is the Irish Cionaodh. In addition, Cináed is a variation (Scottish) of the English and Scottish Kenneth. Cináed is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Cináed, the English and Scottish Kenneth was the most regularly used in 2007. A baby name that sounds like Cináed is the Irish Cionaodh.
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