# Kearns

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,765

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A city and former CDP in Salt Lake County, Utah.

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

## Easily confused with
- **kern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kearns-vs-kern)
- **Keats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kearns-vs-keats)
- **Keane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keane-vs-kearns)
- **Keanu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keanu-vs-kearns)
- **Kearney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kearney-vs-kearns)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ekarns`, `kaerns`, `keanrs`, `kearnns`, `kearnss`, `kearrns`, `kearsn`, `kerans`, `kkearns`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kearns