Kearns

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Kearns

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Anglicized form of Irish Ó Céirín, a personal name derived from a diminutive of ciar (“dark”).

proper noun Kearnses · Carnes · Karns

A surname from Irish.
A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
A city and former CDP in Salt Lake County, Utah, named after Thomas Kearns.

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"Kearns." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kearns. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{kearns_2026,
  title = {Kearns},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kearns},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}