Kiran (given name)

Kiran (Devanagari: किरण) is a Nepali or Indian given name. It originates in the Sanskrit word , meaning "ray" or "ray of light" or "beam of light". Other names that sound like Kiran are Kira, Kirwan, Ciaran, Keiran and Kieran. Notable people with the name include:


 * Kiran Abbavaram (born 1992), Indian actor
 * Kiran Ahluwalia (born 1965), Indian-Canadian singer
 * Kiran Amegadjie, American football player
 * Kiran Bechan (born 1982), Dutch footballer
 * Kiran Bedi (born 1949), Indian social activist
 * Kiran Chemjong (born 1990), Nepali footballer
 * Kiran Chetry (born 1974), American television journalist
 * Kiran Desai (born 1971), Indian author
 * Kiran George (born 2000), Indian badminton player
 * Kiran Gurung, Nepalese politician
 * Kiran Juneja (born 1964), Indian actress
 * Kiran Kedlaya (born 1974), Indian-American mathematician
 * Kiran Khan (swimmer) (born 1990), Pakistani swimmer
 * Kiran Kher (born 1955), Indian actress
 * Kiran Kumar (born 1953), Indian actor
 * Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 1960), Indian politician, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
 * Kiran Martin (born 1959), Indian social worker
 * Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 1953), Indian entrepreneur
 * Kiran More (born 1962), Indian cricketer
 * Kiran Nagarkar (1942–2019), Indian writer and critic
 * Kiran Powar (born 1976), Indian cricketer
 * Kiran Rao (born 1973), Indian film producer
 * Kiran Rathod (born 1981), Indian actress
 * Kiran Sethi (born 1967), Indian police officer
 * Kiran Shah (born 1956), Kenyan actor
 * Usha Kiran Khan (1945-2024), Indian historian

Fictional characters

 * Kiran, the default player name in the video game Fire Emblem Heroes
 * Kiran, the title character in the Pakistani television serial Kiran, portrayed by Marjan Fatima
 * Kiranmala, heroine of a homonymous Bengali folktale