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  • proper noun A male given name, an anglicized form of Ciarán.
  • proper noun A female given name.

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Examples

  • And Kieran … Jana may have married someone not on her level, but Kieran is the soulbonded of the Lishaya.

    Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009

  • Kieran is the actress 'first child with husband Michael Roberts, whom she married in 2008.

    It's a Boy for Law & Order's Alana de la Garza 2010

  • Over at Crooked Timber, Kieran is looking for an explanation of statements by Justice Department official Brian Boyle at a recent court hearing about the use of evidence obtained by torture.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Using Evidence Obtained by Torture at Gitmo?: 2004

  • "It was when he became a Franciscan that he assumed the name Kieran," Fontana said in his eulogy, "after a pair of sixth-century Irish saints, monastics who, appropriately enough, strove to preserve religion and learning in some of the darkest of the Dark Ages."

    Tucson Weekly 2009

  • "It was when he became a Franciscan that he assumed the name Kieran," Fontana said in his eulogy, "after a pair of sixth-century Irish saints, monastics who, appropriately enough, strove to preserve religion and learning in some of the darkest of the Dark Ages."

    Tucson Weekly 2009

  • Ruaraidh and Kieran, that is excellent news, keep plotting.

    What’s with da Yoof? Alix Mortimer 2009

  • Craig Hickman in his review of Wimbledon called the Kieran Slam Awards has said that Nicolas Kiefer has "the biggest basket on the ATP". on th basis of these pictures from Kiefer's match against Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round of Wimbledon.

    Biggest Basket In Men's Tennis? Ron Buckmire 2008

  • 'A man called Kieran told me that the poor b***** volunteered everything,' said Collins.

    "Hey - I've Been Tortured Too !" Laban 2004

  • Lieutenant Jil Barnak, chief engineer of the da Vinci, and the only person who referred to Kieran Duffy as “Kier,” for which Kieran had always been grateful, plunked the two boots down on the workbench in engineering.

    Here There Be Monsters Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001

  • Lieutenant Jil Barnak, chief engineer of the da Vinci, and the only person who referred to Kieran Duffy as “Kier,” for which Kieran had always been grateful, plunked the two boots down on the workbench in engineering.

    Here There Be Monsters Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001

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