| Name info: About the name Kelyan in particular | |
| Group info: About Cillian, the group of names with the same origin as Kelyan | | Meaning/translation: | maybe war, strife |
| Language of origin: | Old Irish |
| Info about origin: | origin not known for sure, either from Old Irish ceallach (war, strife) or from ceall (church) |
| | known from Saint Cillian, an Irish saint who evangelized Franconia (7th century AD) |
| Words: | ceallach = the war, the strife Celtic |
| | ceall = the church, the monastery Old Irish |
| Topics: | Words |
| Variants' top ranks: | 9:Cillian Ireland 2023, 30:Kilian Munich 2022, 38:Kylian France 2008, 42:Killian France 2003, 100:Kyllian France 2005, 289:Kelian France 2002, 464:Kelyan France 2002, 472:Kilyan France 2002 |
| Old/original forms: | Ceallach Celtic |
| Name variants: | Cillian, Kelian, Kelyan, Kilian, Killian, Kilyan, Kylian, Kyllian Sortable list Details |
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