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Gender
Masculine
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Origin of the Name Killian
Irish
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Usage of the Name Killian
Irish
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Meaning of the Name Killian
The name Killian is an Anglicized form of the Irish name Cillian meaning either "strife, war" (from Gaelic "ceallach") or "little church" (from "ceall" - "church" combined with a diminutive suffix "án").
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Saint Kilian, also spelt Killian or Cillian, a 7th-century Irish missionary bishop and the apostle of eastern Franconia (a region in the north of Bavaria, Germany);
Killian Mullarney (born 1958), an Irish ornithologist;
Killian Brennan (born 1984), an Irish footballer.
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Names Related to Killian
List of names related to Killian.
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