Popular Baby Names in Providence, RI, 1866. 1  Mary and John were the most popular baby names in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1866. 2  I recently read something about the TV show Bones, which has been on the air since 2005. 3  A New England woman with the unique name Aldaberontophoscophornia.
Killian /kil-lian/ [3 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced KIL-ee-an. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Killian is bright-headed. From the same root as Kelly. The name is popular in France. Kreatif forms: Kellian, Killianna, Kilna.
Secondly, the surname is widespread in Ireland, where it is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic O'Duinn, Doinn, composed of the Gaelic prefix O, male descendant of, and the personal name Duinn, oinn, from donn, black, brown, a byname given to someone with dark hair or swarthy complexion, as above.n Ireland the name is usually spelt Dunne, and the sept originated in County Leix and formed one of the principal families of Leinster where their chief was the Lord of Iregan; they were especially mentioned in mid 16th Century documents as hostile and dangerous to the English interest.