Meaning and Origin of: Kearns

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Celtic : Warrior
  • Gaelic : Dark

Boy name variations

Kearney
Karney
Karny
Kerney
Kirney
Kern
Curran
Kearn
Kearne

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Céirín ‘descendant of Céirín’, a personal name from a diminutive of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’. English patronymic -s has been added superfluously.