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Killian /kil-lian/ [3 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced KIL-ee-an. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Killian is bright-headed. From the same root as Kelly. The name is popular in France. Kreatif forms: Kellian, Killianna, Kilna.
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Cornelius O'Dea, which was dated 1434, the Archdeacon of Killaloe, Ireland, during the reign of King Henry V1 of England, 1422 - 1461. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax.