Ciar - Meaning of Ciar

What does Ciar mean?

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Ciar

[ 1 syll. ciar, ci-ar ] The baby boy name Ciar is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KIH-R †. Ciar is used predominantly in the Irish language and its origin is Celtic. The name is of the meaning dark one, dark-haired one. It is derived literally from the word 'ciar' meaning black. The name Ciara (English, Gaelic, and Irish) is the female version of Ciar.

The name Kieran (English) is a variant of Ciar.

Ciarán (English and Irish pet form) is another variant of Ciar.

See also the related categories, dark, celtic, and irish.

Ciar is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly linked to Ciar, Kieran was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Ciar include Kear, Keer, Keere, Keir, Keire, Keree, Kier, Kir, Kirr, Kyree, Car, Care, Carr, Carre, Cäsar, Cor, Core, Corree, Cougir, and Couri.

† English pronunciation for Ciar: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"