Kanin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.
Kanin by the numbers
Kanin was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kanin
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 Kanin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kainspear; a variant spelling of Kane or Cain167 in the US (2017)
- Kanannest or place of reeds18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kavinhandsome at birth; a form of Kevin95 in the US (2017)
- Kanonrule, law94 in the US (2017)
- Karinpure; a form of Karen30 in the US (2017)
- Kayinform of cain, acquired or spear17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kanin
Names that are said the same way as Kanin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Canaanland of low-lying areas; biblical place name324 in the US (2017)
- Kanaanmerchant; variant spelling of canaan80 in the US (2017)
- Cainenpossessor, one who acquires; a form of Cainan50 in the US (2017)
- Cainanpossessor, one who acquires40 in the US (2017)
- Kannanepithet of Krishna; one who plays the flute20 in the US (2017)
- Cannanmerchant or trader; a form of Canaan13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kanin
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