Killian

Cillian or Killian
Language(s)	Irish
Origin
Meaning	Possibly " Little Church", "Strife", "War", or "Bright-Headed"
Region of origin	Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ó Cillín, Cillian, Ceallach, Kilian, Killian, Killion, Killeen, Cilléne, Cillín

Killian or Kilian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Cillian. The name Cillian was borne by several early Irish saints including missionaries to Artois and Franconia and the author of the life of St Brigid.[1]

Killian, as a surname, is found in both Ireland and Germany. It was originally spelled Ó Cillín in Irish before being Anglicized into Killeen as well as Killian. Spelling variations for Killian include Kilian, Killion, and others.[2]

The name is said to derive from Saint Kilian, an Irish missionary to Germany in the 7th century, who, according to the Acta Sanctorum, was born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland c. 640. He departed for his mission to the continent with 12 apostles from Kilmacologue in the parish of Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland.[3] In 689 he was martyred in Würzburg, Franconia, Germany, and subsequently became the city's patron saint.

The most likely meaning of the name is "little church", a reference to someone prayerful or spiritual, cill meaning "church" in Gaelic while the suffix "-ín" is used affectionately to indicate a 'pet' or diminutive status.[4] The Rev. Patrick Woulfe wrote that Cillian is the 'pet' diminutive of Ceallach which means "war", "strife" or "bright-headed".[5]

Notable people named Cillian

Cillian Buckley, an Irish hurler
Cillian Farrell, an Irish hurling manager
Cillian Murphy, an Irish actor
Cillian O'Connor, a Gaelic footballer for Mayo
Cillian Ryan, an economist and Pro Vice-Chancellor International, Nottingham Trent University
Cillian Sheridan, an Irish professional footballer who plays for Kilmarnock
Cillian Twomey, a retired consultant physician in geriatric medicine at Cork University and St. Finbarr’s Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Cillian Vallely, an Irish musician
Cillian Willis, a professional rugby union footballer employed by Leinster Rugby

Notable people named Killian

Killian Brennan, an Irish footballer currently with the League of Ireland club St Patrick's Athletic
Killian Dain, ring name of Northern Irish professional wrestler Damian Mackle
Killian Donnelly, an Irish-born musical theatre performer
Dan A. Killian, American college sports coach
Edwin Henry Killian (1876–1928), a Major League Baseball pitcher primarily of the Detroit Tigers
Eugene H. Killian (1873–1943), an American politician
George E. Killian, a sports administrator and currently the president of the International University Sports Federation
Gustav Killian (1860–1921), a German laryngologist for whom Killian's dehiscence is named
James Rhyne Killian (1904–1988), the 11th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jerry B. Killian, an officer in the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s, to whom Lieutenant George W. Bush was a subordinate
Richard Killian, an American businessman and politician
Robert K. Killian (1919–2005), an American politician from the state of Connecticut
Killian Scott, an Irish actor
Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763–1845), member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
Killian Peier, Swiss ski jumper, 2019 World Championships medalist

Notable people named Kilian

Saint Kilian, an Irish missionary bishop and the apostle of Franconia
Kílian Jornet Burgada, a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete
André Kilian, a German-born footballer currently playing for North Queensland Fury
Crawford Kilian, a Canadian novelist and a college professor
Hanns Kilian (1905–1981), a German bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the late 1930
Inge Kilian (born 1935), a German high jumper
John Kilian (1811–1884), a Lutheran pastor and leader of the colony known as the Wends of Texas
Michael Kilian (1939–2005), author and journalist primarily for the Chicago Tribune in Washington, D.C
Victor Kilian (1891–1979), an American actor blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio in the 1950s
Wiesław Kilian, a Polish politician

Notable people named Kylian

Kylian Mbappe, a French footballer
Kylian Hazard, a Belgian footballer

Notable people named Killion

John Joseph Killion (1859–1937), known as Jake Kilrain, a famous bare knuckle fighter and glove boxer of the 1880s
Kyle Killion, an American football linebacker
Redley A. Killion, a Micronesian politician
Sean Killion, an American swimmer
Tom Killion, an American politician from Pennsylvania

Places

St. Kilian's German School (also known as 'St. Kilian's Deutsche Schule'), a school situated in Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland
Kilian Island (also known as Elvira Island), an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Kilianstein, a rock formation in Germany
St Killian's College at Carnlough, Northern Ireland
Killian, Louisiana, a village in Livingston Parish
Miami Killian High School, a public high school located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida
- The Killian Nine, a group of students at Miami Killian High School who in February 1999 distributed a controversial satirical pamphlet named "First Amendment" and were arrested for it

Other uses

Kilian family, a lineage of German engravers
Killian's Irish Red Beer, a lager brewed by Coors
The Killian Curse, a New Zealand kidult horror-fantasy series
The Killian documents controversy, referring to allegedly forged documents that were publicized during the 2004 US presidential campaign
Jack Kilian, lead character in the TV series Midnight Caller (1988–1991)
Killian Gardiner, one of the main characters of Witches of East End
Captain Killian "Hook" Jones, a fictional character on the TV series Once Upon a Time
Killian or Kilian, a dance hold used in ice dancing where the dancers are side-by-side.
Cassandra Cillian, a main character in The Librarians (2014 TV series)

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