Kegan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning small fire; a form of Keegan.
Kegan by the numbers
Kegan was given to 40 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 175 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Keegan
Like Kegan, each of these traces back to Keegan: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kegan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Keegansmall flame or descendant of Aodhagán1,235 in the US (2017)
- Keagansmall fire; a form of Keegan287 in the US (2017)
- Kenanpossession, acquired; biblical name22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Keansmall keen one; a form of Keane4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kevanhandsome; a form of Kevin3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kiegansmall and fiery; a form of Keegan8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kegan
Names that are said the same way as Kegan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean fire
Like Kegan, each of these has fire in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aidenlittle fire11,301 in the US (2017)
- Aydenlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aiden3,979 in the US (2017)
- Brantleyfire brand; a form of Brant2,347 in the US (2017)
- Reeseardent or fiery; a form of Rhys2,106 in the US (2017)
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Tysonone who was fiery; surname used as given name1,045 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kegan
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