Cillian

Cillian carries the hush of an Irish monastery at dawn. From the Gaelic ceallach, meaning "church" or "strife," the name belonged first to a seventh-century Irish missionary who traveled to Bavaria and was canonized as a saint. For centuries it remained largely an Irish treasure, but actor Cillian Murphy has lately lifted it onto American radar, and the name climbed to 463 in the most recent rankings. The soft opening C, pronounced like K, gives it a quietness; the rolling middle lends warmth. It reads as literary and a little bit mythic, the kind of name that wears a wool coat well.