Kalvyn

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalvyn by the numbers

Kalvyn was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kalvyn

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

  • Kalvinbald friend; a form of Calvin174 in the US (2017)
  • Kelvynnarrow water; a form of Kelvin7 in the US (2017)
  • Kalyn43 in the US (2017)
  • Kalven6 in the US (2017)
  • Kamryncrooked nose; a spelling variant of Cameron1,010 in the US (2017)
  • Kelvinnarrow water; from River Kelvin in Scotland325 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalvyn

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

  • Calvinbald; from the surname Calvin2,689 in the US (2017)
  • Calvynbald; a form of Calvin8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kalvyn

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