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Cillian

What does Cillian mean?

Cillian Pronunciation of Cillian as a boys' name is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Cillian is "bright-headed". Also possibly "strife" or "monastery, church". See Kelly. Name of various early Irish saints. Killian is the anglicized form.

ENDS WITH -ian

ASSOCIATED WITH irish, bright, strife (war), monastery, saints

Variations

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA KELLY, KILLIAN Kilean, Kilian, Killean

CREATIVE FORMS
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(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cillian Josue (C.J.), ..

How popular is Cillian?

Cillian is an uncommonly occurring given name for men and an equivalently uncommon last name too for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Cillian entered the list in 2012 and reached its top position of #1040 in the U.S. in 2018. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cillian name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cillian outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular related forms of Cillian (#1040 A YEAR AGO) are Killian (#286), Kilian (#1266) and Kelly (#1605). Other forms, like Killean, are uncommon. These forms of Cillian were at the apex of their popularity in the 1960s (USAGE OF 0.1%) and are somewhat less conventional today (USAGE 0.1%, 36% LESS), with the version Kelly going out of style. Killian and Cillian are two of the more chic boy names among these.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cillian, Kelly, Kilian, Killian in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cillian, Killian outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Caelan, Cailean, Cailin, Calan, Callan, Caolan, Colan, Colin, Collen, Collin, Colwin, Cullan, Cullen, Cullin, Cullinan, Dillan, Eilian, Filian, Fillan, Gilian, Gillan, Gillean, Gillian, Gillion, Gillman, Tillman and William. These names tend to be more commonly used than Cillian.

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