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Ciara (given name) Ciara (/ ˈkɪərə / KEER-ə) is a popular Irish language female name and was tenth on the list of most popular names given to baby girls in Ireland in 2006. It is the feminine version of the name Ciarán, meaning "dark-haired", and was also the name of Saint Ciara, a seventh-century Irish saint venerated by the Roman ...
That apostrophe you see on the O of Irish surnames is an Anglicization of a “síneadh fada,” an acute accent slanting to the right. A fada above a vowel means the vowel should be pronounced ...
Ciarán (Irish spelling) or Ciaran (Scottish Gaelic spelling) [2][3] is a traditionally male given name of Irish origin. It means "little dark one" [4] or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar ("black", "dark"). [5] It is the masculine version of the name Ciara.
Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives from Hebrew: מַרְיָם (maryām). There are more historical Irish given ...
The Irish spelling is Dearbhla — and not surprisingly, that wasn’t used either. Donnacha — This popular boys’ name in Ireland is pronounced dunn-ah-ka , and means “brown-haired warrior.”
cmatbaby.com. Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson (born 23 February 1996), known professionally as CMAT (/ ˈsiːmæt /, SEE-mat), is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. [1] Her debut studio album, If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, was released in February 2022 and entered the Irish Albums Chart at number one. [2] The Guardian wrote of her music, "Her ...
St. Ciarán's Church (CoI) Ciarán of Saigir (Old Irish pronunciation: [ˈkʲiːaraːn … ˈsagʲirʲ]; 5th century – c. 530), also known as Ciarán mac Luaigne or Saint Kieran (Welsh: Cieran), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland [2] and is considered the first saint to have been born in Ireland, [3] although the legend that he preceded Saint Patrick is questionable.
Kira is one of several Anglicized forms of the Irish name Ciara, which in Irish means "dark haired" or "little dark one". [5] Kira also means "strong woman" in Slavonic. [6] There is also a Japanese name, romanized as Kira, which is common in Japan, as both given name and family name (e.g. the Kira clan of Mikawa province).