Cián, Ciarán, Cai

[casey101]

Hi guys do you like any of the above names and if so which ones and why (and why not)
Thank you!

Pronounced Kian, Keiran and Kai but want c spellings (I think)

[DampAndRotten]

Cian - great name
Ciaran - nice also, but maybe a bit over done
Cai - makes me think of Wayne Rooney, so no.

(I'm English btw, so no idea re correct spellings/pronunciation)

[meluey]

Cian and Ciaran are nice names. There is not fada on the 'a' in Cian though. Not fond of Cai as it sounds a bit made up and of the moment.

[DramaAlpaca]

Cian would be my favourite of the three.

Another suggestion: Cianán.

[WankerDeAsalWipe]

I have a Ciar :) My choice from your options would be Cian.

[HolyWell]

You've stuck an extraneous fada onto Cian. Cai is just awful, the other two are perfectly nice.

[BreacadhAnLae]

As others have said, there's no fada on Cian. And if you include the fada on Ciarán, it would be pronounced by most Irish people as 'Kier-AWN'. If you want it to be pronounced Kieran, then Ciaran with no fada works better.

I love Cian and Ciarán, not so keen on Cai.

[sweetpeame]

Cian and Ciaran (with or without a fada) are Irish or an anglecised form of an Irish name, Cai isn't, so they sound very different to me. Not sure if that's your understanding also or whether you'd put them all together as you feel there's a similar sound between them? In any case, Cian is my favourite. As other posters have mentioned, beware of using fadas in names if you're not sure they belong there as they change the sound of the name/word quite significantly.

[squoosh]

Cian is my favourite but as others have said there's no fada over the a. With the fada it would be pronounced kee-awn rather than kee-un.

[Evanna13]

I love Cian (without the fada). It is such a nice simple name with a lovely history and meaning (means ancient). It is popular at the moment in Ireland.
I also like Ciaran but not a fan of Cai I am afraid.

[squoosh]

I think Cai is Welsh isn't it?

[squoosh]

I think some people think fadas are merely decorative. There's a guy on Twitter I sometimes come across whose name is Éoin. I itch to tell him that the fada over the E has no business at all being there.

I have refrained so far.

[Orange6358]

I once met a Caius

[NealCaffreysHat]

Like Cai and cian, both how they are spelt here in Wales. How about:-

Carey
Caden
Carwyn
Cass
Caio

All Welsh boys names.

[SoupyNorman]

squoosh would the Éoin be a certain Labour activist?

[squoosh]

That's the one Soupy! He seems to be a bit of a ninny.

Not that I'm surprised, the extraneous fada gave the game away ages ago.

[SoupyNorman]

I knew him in another life. He had very different opinions then. Every time I see his 40,000 followers on Twitter, I shake my head sadly. What is the world coming to?

The only silver lining of the Labour defeat was that Eoiney Poney didn't get made a SPAD or something

[M27J5M]

My 10 week old son is called Cian love it tho if 1 more person pronounces it cyan I might scream

[squoosh]

Ah, that's interesting Soupy. Take heart from the fact that more than 40,000 people on Twitter seem to be aware that he's an idiot!

[GlitzAndGigglesx]

I hate Cai/Kai/Ki as a name in its own right. I love Cian and Ciaran but personally prefer the Kieran spelling. I think the C spelling is the proper way though

[PattyPenguin]

As NealCaffreysHat says, Cai is not uncommon in Wales. It's from the Latain Caius.

It's the name of one of Arthur's knights in the (rather fab) medieval Welsh tale "Culhwch ac Olwen". In English the name is traditionally Kay - you know, "Sir Kay", King Arthur's foster brother, son of Sir Ector. Can't imagine anyone calling their son Kay, mind.

Oh, and one of the Super Furry Animals, from Bangor / Bethesda, in North West Wales, is called Cian Ciarán.

[casey101]

Thanks everyone for all your responses so far. Wasn't getting notifcations so didnt realise had all these replies. I did see Cian with the fada and thought it was probably an extended 'a' but admittedly yes liked the look of it more than anything! He will be bown in Wales and has northern irish roots. Cian is both welsh and irish, Cai is welsh and Ciaran is irish. Did look at cianan too but reminds me of cannon. The thing is ehen I look at Cian I see ian which im not keen on.

[casey101]

WankerDeAsalWipe I did consider Ciar- is yours short for anything or it's just Ciar? Also do you live in Ireland and what has been the response to the name/ spelling/ pronounciation etc? sorrry for all the questions! thanks :)

[WankerDeAsalWipe]

Then have Ciar :)

[WankerDeAsalWipe]

oops, crossed - we are in Scotland, no, it's not short for anything. Basically i wanted Keir and DH wanted Ciaran. The translation of Ciaran is "little dark one" the "an" being the bit that means "little". He was never going to be little so we took that off and ended up with Ciar which at the time we thought was the Scottish Gaelic spelling but I think it's probably really more Irish.

Never had any negative feedback. We now live in an area where Keir is pretty popular so it does mean his is a wee bit different. You do occasionally get people not being sure how to pronounce it but once said, they get it and never had to repeat it.

[WankerDeAsalWipe]

There have about ten Ciars named in Scotland since DS was born nearly 14 years ago.

He was almost named Cairn at one point of that's of any use?