Cian
Cian is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Ancient; enduring.
What Cian means
Ancient; enduring.
Cian is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Cian comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Cian is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Cian?
You will not find Cian in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Cian
We group Cian under the Irish tradition. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Irish
Names like Cian
These share Cian's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Cillian — War, strife; bright-headed.
- Cormac — Charioteer; raven's son.
- Declan — Full of goodness; an Irish saint.
- Eoin — God is gracious.
- Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
- Liam — Strong-willed warrior and protector.
- Lorcan — Little fierce one.
- Ronan — Little seal.
- Rowan — Little red one; the rowan tree.
- Saoirse — Freedom, liberty.
- Sinead — God is gracious.
- Aoife — Beautiful; radiant.