First name origins & meanings: Celtic: Warrior Gaelic: Dark First name variations: Karney, Karny, Kerney, Kirney, Kearney, Curran, Kearn, Kearne, Kern Last name origin & meaning: 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.
First name origins & meanings:
First name variations: Karney, Karny, Kerney, Kirney, Kearney, Curran, Kearn, Kearne, Kern
Last name origin & meaning:
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.
Kearns (kûrnz) [key], uninc. town (1990 pop. 28,874), Salt Lake co., N Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Alfalfa and barley are grown and cattle and sheep are raised. There is copper mining nearby.
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