Ethian
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Ethian by the numbers
Ethian was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Ethian
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ethian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ethanstrong, enduring12,398 in the US (2017)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Eithanstrong firm; variant spelling of Ethan118 in the US (2017)
- Eshandesire, wish; a form of Ishan17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ethenstrong, enduring; a respelling of Ethan67 in the US (2017)
- Ethynstrong, enduring; modern respelling of Ethan57 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ethian
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