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    Kyran

    KEER-un

    Irish/Gaelic
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Dark; Little dark one
    Origin
    Irish/Gaelic
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Kyran does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Dark; Little dark one", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Kyran.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Kyran walks from darkness into great light — the shadow of death pierced, light shining uncomprehended, dawn breaking.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Isaiah 9:2

      "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."

    • John 1:5

      "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."

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