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.

Irish boy names cillian. We also include the Gaelic and Celtic origin meaning and name. There are two meanings of the name. Show popularity chart Cillian is an Irish name possibly from the Irish word ceallach meaning war or strife or from the Irish ceall meaning church.

While Irish names have become more popular for both genders we see the style factor on the rise particularly in Irish boys names unheard of here a generation ago such as Declan and Finn. He is best known for portraying Petyr Littlefinger Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones 2011 CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk 1999 John Boy in the RTÉ Television series. Cillian Murphy actor Cillian Sheridan footballer 5.

But others can be tricky for non-Irish-speakers to decipher. The first is believed to be warrior from the Celtic word celleach and the second is small church from the word ceall. 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.

Killian is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine name Cillian from the Gaelic cill meaning church monastery paired with the diminutive an and so means little church or associated with the church. Origin of the name Killian. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.

Last year it ranked 1040th in the US. In Ireland top Irish boy names include Conor Fionn Oisin and Cillian. Alternately Cillian is sometimes considered a diminutive of the Irish-Gaelic ceallach meaning conflict strife war and would.

Killian now stands at Number 516 in the US while Cillian is 22 in its Irish. Top Irish boy names. 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.