Piran as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Piran

What is the meaning of the name Piran ?

The baby name Piran is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PIR-an (IPA: /ˈpɪrən/),pee-RAHN (IPA: /piːˈrɑːn/).

Piran is Persian in Origin.

Piran is a masculine name with two well-attested roots. In Cornwall and Brittany it is the Cornish form of the Irish Ciarán (ciar “dark, dusky” + -án diminutive), hence “little dark one.” It entered Cornish hagiography via the Irish missionary better known as Saint Piran, Cornwall’s patron saint and emblem of the black-and-white flag; his cult left place-names like Perranporth and Perranuthnoe, and modern Cornish revival has brought the name back into use in the UK.

Distinctly, Pīrān is also a Persian given name from pir “elder, saint,” borne by the wise Turanian counselor Piran Viseh in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, giving the sense “wise elder.” Variants and related forms include Perran, Peran, and Latinized Piranus; Irish cognates are Ciarán and Kieran (plus Keiran, Cieran). Usage today is rare but rising in Cornwall, and established in Iran and the Persian diaspora.