Iktan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Iktan by the numbers
Iktan was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Iktan
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 Iktan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Imranlong-lived; prosperous81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Imaanfaith, belief105 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ivaangod is gracious; a form of ivan78 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ishanthe sun or lord shiva89 in the US (2017)
- Izaanobedience or submission43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilhanpious, devout15 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Iktan
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