Cian

See also: cian, cían, cián, Cían, ĉian, and cía-ŋ

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Cían, from cían (“long, distant, lasting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈciənˠ/

Proper noun

Cian m (genitive Chiain)

1. a male given name from Old Irish used in Ireland
2. (Irish mythology) Son of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann and born with a caul on his head. Best known as the father of Lugh Lámhfada by the Fomarian princess Eithne.

Descendants

• → English: Kian

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cian	Chian	gCian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.