Etymology

Craney

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac Ciaráin
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Ciaráin“son of Ciarán”
  2. English todayCraney

Perhaps a shortened Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ciaráin (“son of Ciarán”), a personal name from ciar (“black”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.