Eythan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
28
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eythan by the numbers

Eythan was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 37 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Eythan

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 Eythan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ethanstrong, enduring12,398 in the US (2017)
  • Eithanstrong firm; variant spelling of Ethan118 in the US (2017)
  • Eathanstrong firm solid; a variant of Ethan16 in the US (2017)
  • Eytanfirm, strong, enduring14 in the US (2017)
  • Eitanfirm, strong, enduring96 in the US (2017)
  • Eshandesire, wish; a form of Ishan17 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Eythan

Names that are said the same way as Eythan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • 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 Eythan

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