Ciara
Ciara is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Dark-haired one.
What Ciara means
Dark-haired one.
Ciara sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ciara 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.
Ciara is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Ciara?
Ciara sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Ciara
The thread we file Ciara under is the long-established classics — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Classic
Names like Ciara
These share Ciara's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Caitlin — Pure.
- Keira — Little dark-haired one.
- Sile — Youthful.
- Siobhan — God is gracious.
- Cassidy — Curly-haired; clever.
- Ciaran — Little dark one.
- Daithi — Swift and nimble; beloved.
- Desmond — From South Munster.
- Kieran — Little dark one.
- Seamus — Supplanter; one who follows.
- Sullivan — Dark eyes.
- Camila — Perfect, unblemished.