Kiran (Devanagari: किरण) is a Nepali or Indian given name. It originates in the Sanskrit word kiraṇa,^[1] meaning "ray" or "ray of light" or "beam of light".^[2] Other names that sound like Kiran are Kira, Kirwan, Ciaran, Keiran and Kieran. Notable people with the name include:

• Kiran Abbavaram (born 1992), Indian actor
• Kiran Ahluwalia (born 1965), Indian-Canadian singer
• Kiran Amegadjie, American football player
• Kiran Bechan (born 1982), Dutch footballer
• Kiran Bedi (born 1949), Indian social activist
• Kiran Chemjong (born 1990), Nepali footballer
• Kiran Chetry (born 1974), American television journalist
• Kiran Desai (born 1971), Indian author
• Kiran George (born 2000), Indian badminton player
• Kiran Gurung, Nepalese politician
• Kiran Juneja (born 1964), Indian actress
• Kiran Kedlaya (born 1974), Indian-American mathematician
• Kiran Khan (swimmer) (born 1990), Pakistani swimmer
• Kiran Kher (born 1955), Indian actress
• Kiran Kumar (born 1953), Indian actor
• Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 1960), Indian politician, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• Kiran Martin (born 1959), Indian social worker
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 1953), Indian entrepreneur
• Kiran More (born 1962), Indian cricketer
• Kiran Nagarkar (1942–2019), Indian writer and critic
• Kiran Powar (born 1976), Indian cricketer
• Kiran Rao (born 1973), Indian film producer
• Kiran Rathod (born 1981), Indian actress
• Kiran Sethi (born 1967), Indian police officer
• Kiran Shah (born 1956), Kenyan actor
• Usha Kiran Khan (born 1945), 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