Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Céirín
‘descendant of Céirín’, a personal name from a diminutive
of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’. English patronymic -s has been
added superfluously.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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