Kean

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Name: Kean

Gender: Masculine

Origin: Europe

Language: Irish

Thematic: Ancient

Meaning: Means "ancient" in Gaelic.

Irish, distant, enduring, long (time and space)

Comments: This was the name of the mythical ancestor of the Cianachta in Irish legend. Cian was also the name of a son-in-law of Brian Boru.

Name borne by several heroes in early Irish narrative, of whom the most important is Cian (1), the father of Lug Lámfhota. There is also a Welsh Cian (See CIAN (2)