First names in Hebrew

First name Kieran: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

קירן

Gematria value: 360

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Kieran is written קירן

Meaning and origin

What does Kieran mean?

Meaning: "the little dark one"
Origin: Irish

Kieran comes from the Irish Ciarán, a diminutive of ciar, "dark, black": "the little dark-haired one". It is an old Irish name, popular in Britain and Ireland since the 1990s.

Gematria

Kieran = 360

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. קירן has 4 letters:

• קthe letter Kuf100
• יthe letter Yod10
• רthe letter Resh200
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total360

The verse of the name

From the letter Kuf to the letter final Nun

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Kieran, from ק to ן:

קָרוֹב צִדְקִי יָצָא יִשְׁעִי וּזְרֹעַי עַמִּים יִשְׁפֹּטוּ אֵלַי אִיִּים יְקַוּוּ וְאֶל־זְרֹעִי יְיַחֵלוּן׃

“My justice is near, My salvation has gone forth, and My arms will judge the peoples; the distant islands wait for Me, and they hope in My arm.”

Isaiah 51:5

The book of your first name

Kieran, in nine pages

• Kieran, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Kieran
• Kieran, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Kieran in three answers

How do you write Kieran in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Kieran is written קירן.

What is the gematria value of Kieran?
Written קירן, Kieran is worth 360: the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Kieran mean?
The little dark one (origin: Irish). Kieran comes from the Irish Ciarán, a diminutive of ciar, "dark, black": "the little dark-haired one". It is an old Irish name, popular in Britain and Ireland since the 1990s.