Etymology

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

Irish Ó Céirín
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Céirín
  2. English todayKearns

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Céirín, a personal name derived from a diminutive of ciar (“dark”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.