Cainnear is a female Irish given name.
Potentially deriving from caoin and der, meaning "gentle daughter",[citation needed] it is the name of one of the legendary daughters of Queen Medb of Connacht and several Irish saints.
[1] Variants of the name include Canair,[1] Cainder,[2] and Cainner,[3] and at least two early Christian saints have borne these variants.
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