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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.
This interesting surname, found in England, Scotland and Ireland, has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may be of Anglo-Saxon origin, from the Olde English pre 7th Century and Middle English dunn, meaning dull, brown, dark-coloured, and was a nickname for a man with dark hair or a swarthy complexion.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.