There are two meanings of the name.
Irish boy names cillian. Killian Keelan Say. Kill-ian Of the church. Last year it ranked 1040th in the US.
Cillian is a name steeped in spiritual meaning as it was the name of a 7th-century Irish saint who evangelized in Franconia more on that below. Pet form of the Irish Ceallach war strife. The name is likely to become more popular now thanks to Irish movie star Cillian Murphy.
Top Irish boy names. Alternately Cillian is sometimes considered a diminutive of the Irish-Gaelic ceallach meaning conflict strife war and would. Hot Trending Irish Boy Names.
Patricks Day heres how to pronounce popular Irish names like Aoife Cian Niamh and Cillian. The name Cillian is a boys name of Irish origin meaning war strife or church. Niall Cian Darragh Liam Oisin.
Helper of man 58. Unique Irish names for boys attracting attention include Cashel Cormac and Rafferty. Origin of the name Killian.
Most of the names popular in Ireland today names like Jack Sarah Adam and Emma are easy to pronounce. However on the list of top 10 emerging names Irish moniker Cillian sits at number six on the list just behind Eden Archer River Chester and Sidney which are all favourites down under. Below you can find a definitive list of boys Irish names so you can research the meaning and listen to the audio to learn how to pronounce all of the boy names in Irish correctly.