Kiran (given name)
Kiran 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, Indian actor
- Kiran Ahluwalia, Indian-Canadian singer
- Kiran Amegadjie, American football player
- Kiran Bechan, Dutch footballer
- Kiran Bedi, Indian social activist
- Kiran Chemjong, Nepali footballer
- Kiran Chetry, American television journalist
- Kiran Desai, Indian author
- Kiran George, Indian badminton player
- Kiran Gurung, Nepalese politician
- Kiran Juneja, Indian actress
- Kiran Kedlaya, Indian-American mathematician
- Kiran Khan (swimmer), Pakistani swimmer
- Kiran Kher, Indian actress
- Kiran Kumar, Indian actor
- Kiran Kumar Reddy, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Kiran Martin, Indian social worker
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian entrepreneur
- Kiran More, Indian cricketer
- Kiran Nagarkar, Indian writer and critic
- Kiran Powar, Indian cricketer
- Kiran Rao, Indian film producer
- Kiran Rathod, Indian actress
- Kiran Sethi, Indian police officer
- Kiran Shah, Kenyan actor
- Usha Kiran Khan, 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