About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Killeen, Killian
- Variants
- Cillian, Killian
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
Diminutive of Cillian, used historically and as a personal name in its own right. Borne by Cillín Ua Cuilín, an 11th-century Irish coarb of Saint Comán.
The story behind Cillín
Saint Cillín of Tigh Talain was a minor Irish saint commemorated in the martyrologies; the word also gave its name to medieval children's burial grounds (cillíní).
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; descriptive name from monastic vocabulary.
Did you know?
The word cillín means 'little church' and was sometimes used for early monastic foundations.
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