Origin of the name Ciara: Irish name derived from ciar (black): hence, "black-haired one." In the U.S., Ciara is pronounced phonetically, rather than with its Gaelic pronunciation of keer-ah.
Transferred use of the English surname, which is of Scandinavian origin and has the definition “from Colby, from Kol's settlement.” It is derived from the Old Norse elements kol (coal-black) and byr (settlement).
Ciarán (Irish pronunciation: [ˈciÉ™É¾Ë aËnÌªË ]/[ciÉ™ËˆÉ¾Ë aËnÌªË ]) or Ciaran (Scottish), pronounced /ˈkɪərÉ™n/ KEER-É™n or /ˈkɪərÉ”Ën/ KEER-awn, is a Gaelic male given name. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar ("black", "dark").
