Kier Family History. Kier Name Meaning. Austrian: occupational name for a cowherd, Chüyger in the Tyrolean dialect, from Kühe 'cows' (plural of Kuh) + -er suffix of agent nouns. English and Scottish: possibly a variant spelling of Kear.
Origin of the name Kiera: Feminine form of Kieran, an Anglicized form of the Irish Ciarán, which is derived from the Gaelic ciar (black) and the diminutive suffix -an: hence, "little dark one." The name was originally bestowed upon those babies born with dark hair or a dark complexion.
Origin of the name Kieran: A borrowing from the Irish, Kieran is the Irish form of the Gaelic Ciarán (little dark one), which is from ciar (black, dark), a word meaning "dark-haired" or "black-haired" when applied to humans.
Kiernan Name Meaning. Irish: reduced form of McKiernan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thighearnáin 'son of Tighearnan' (see Tiernan).
Gaelic Meaning: The name Kieron is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Kieron is: Dusky; dark-haired.
Kierra (kee-er-rah) is a female given name. The name may be a variant of the Irish name Kiara meaning "dark" or a variant of the Greek name Kira meaning "lord". US usage of the name reached a peak in 1995.
Killian or Cillian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name CillÃn. ... The most likely meaning of the name is "little church", a reference to someone prayerful or spiritual, cill meaning "church" in Gaelic while the suffix "-Ãn" is used affectionately to indicate a 'pet' or diminutive status.
The name Killian is a baby boy name. The name Killian comes from the Irish origin. In Irish The meaning of the name Killian is: Strife or battle Small; fierce. Originally spelled Cillian.
The name comes from when someone lived at Kincaid in the county of Stirlingshire. The name of Kincaith, from which the family derive their name is almost certainly of Gaelic origin, coming from the Gaelic words "ceann", meaning top or head and "caithe", meaning pass.
Etymology & Historical Origin - Kinley. The name Kinley is a 21st century coinage and particular to the United States. ... McKinley developed as a surname from a medieval Gaelic personal name “MacFhionnlaigh†meaning son of a 'white skinned warrior' from the elements “fionn†(fair, white skinned) and “laoch†(warrior).
