Ciaran or Cillian????

Question

Which of these names do you like best, Ciaran or Cillian?

Both are Irish i think. Ciaran is pronounced KEE rin and Cillian is pronounced like killian.

Thanks :)

Answer 1

Cillian! Yeah! I love Irish names.

Answer 2

I like the name Cillian.

Answer 3

ciaran

Answer 4

I like both (though I would pronounce Ciarán as "keerawn", and Kieren and "keerin". At the moment, my favouirte is Cillian...I think

Answer 5

I love the name Cillian! It makes me think of Cillian Murphy. :)

Ciaran is a nice name too, but I would change the spelling. I had no idea how to pronounce it.

Good luck!

Answer 6

I like Ciaran better....but you are seriously going to have to rethink the spelling.

Answer 7

Both your child will have to consistantly explain the pronounciation all her life. I thought they were pronounced See-air-uhn and Silly-enn

Answer 8

Ciarán is pronounced keerawn not keerin.

I like them both.

Its tough to choose between them.

If I had to choose I would go with Ciarán because its such a strong name.

Answer 9

Ciaran though people may not know how to pronounce it and.  

Answer 10

its spelt Kieran btw

Answer 11

ciaran (:

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Answer 12

Ciaran, but neither one is a bad choice. I like Cillian too, but it makes me think of the beer, Killian's Irish Red, and it does have the word 'kill' in it. I think Ciaran is a bit safer of a choice, while still being distinctive.

Answer 13

I like Cillian better. To me Ciarin sounds very feminine. Although originally in Ireland it is a males name, and would go over great there, here we have popular girls names like Ciara, Kiara, Kara, Karen, etc...

Cillian is a great name.

Answer 14

if you have to tell us how to pronounce them, that poor kid will have to do that EVERY TIME his name is on a list.  A life time of WHAT? Don't do that to your kid.  I know you want to be creative and all, but save your creativity for craft time and give your kid a decent name.  Those spellings look nothing like the should be.  Just because you said it's supposed to be pronounced that way doesn't make it correct.  Sorry.

Answer 15

I like Ciaran. Maybe spell it Kirin or Kiran. I too like Irish names myself. For those who cannot pick up a book or have short attention spans, I guess plain old names will do. But I would hate to see that. :(