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Help[Facts] Re: Meaning of name "Ciarda"???
in reply to a message by Tiger196
There's the surname Ó Ciardha (meaning "from Ciardha" or "descendent of Ciardha"), which can be anglicised to Carey, Keary or Kerry. Under the description of Carey, this site says Ciardha means "dark". I've never seen it used as a first name in Ireland but as there is a surname based on it, I would say it's almost certainly a male name.
In old Irish, Ciardha would have been written Ciarda with a dot (buailte) over the d in place of the h.
In old Irish, Ciardha would have been written Ciarda with a dot (buailte) over the d in place of the h.
This message was edited 11/7/2007, 7:20 AM
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