Kanyon

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
35
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kanyon by the numbers

Kanyon was given to 35 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 66 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kanyon

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

  • Kayon12 in the US (2017)
  • Kayinform of cain, acquired or spear17 in the US (2017)
  • Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
  • Kanyethe only one13 in the US (2017)
  • Kanyavirgin, maiden7 in the US (2017)
  • Kadyn118 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kanyon

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

  • Canyondeep gorge or ravine122 in the US (2017)
  • Kaenan14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kanyon

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