Kiara /kiˈɑːrə/ kee-AR-ə is a unisex given name. It may be a variant of the Italian name Chiara, meaning "bright", or the Irish name Ciara, meaning "dark-haired" or the Hindi name Kiara meaning "god's precious gift" or a Korean meaning "First ray of sun".
Origin of the name Kira: 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.
kiarra. FORM OF: ciara, chiara. ORIGIN: latin / irish NAME ROOT: (CLàRUS) (CIAR) MEANING: This name is a female given name and represents a variant of the (Italian) name Chiara, meaning "clear, bright, famous, illustrious", or of the (Irish) name Ciara, meaning “little dark one, black, dark".
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.
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.
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. Var: Kiaran.
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. Var: Kiaran. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.
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. Var: Kiaran. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.
