Ciarán

[Eiris]

For a baby boy born today!
It’s the name the Met Office have given this storm. So what do you think?

It's a grand name, don't love it, don't hate it. But make sure your pronunciation and the fada inclusion/exclusion match.

Ciaran = kieran
Ciarán = keer-awn

I adore it:)

Love the name.

Unless you’re in Ireland it will never be pronounced correctly.

If you don't like fadas then toddle off and find a new name that doesn't have any.

Kieran / Kieron is the English spelling and I think I prefer that if you’re not in Ireland.

Meanwhile Kiran literally means ray of sunshine in Sanskrit.

It's a really lovely name but I much prefer Kieran (and I'm Irish in Ireland) but I think that's because I know lots of lovely Kierans.

Em no they're not if you speak Irish.

I don't think it will be mispronounced anymore than people called Sarah occassionaly get called Sara, or people called Karen get called Keren. Some people will always mispronounce a name!

Lovely name, and good connection to the storm too.

Unless you’re in Ireland it will never be pronounced correctly.

@Berlinlover So you meet someone new... They say "nice to meet you, my name is keer-awn".... How would you pronounce it going forward? Most of the time we meet someone new we hear and say their name before reading / writing it!

Beautiful name OP! Use it. Regardless of the storm, it's a common enough name to stand it's own test of time!