Kearan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kearan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Family name is a variant form of Kerns. Descendant of Kern, a pet form of Gernwin meaning "desire, friend"; one who came from Kern meaning "kernel," in Germany; grandson of Ceirin meaning "little, black one".

Is variation of Karner. One who drove a cart, a carter; dweller near a charnel house.

The is a variant of Carnes. Dweller near a natural pile of rocks; one who came from Carn, the namee of various small places in Cornwall.

Kearan is variant form of Kearns. Descendant of the little black one.

Variant of the Kieran. Grandson of Kieran meaning "little, black one," the name of fifteen irish saints.

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