Keian
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Keian by the numbers
Keian was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Keian
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 Keian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kenanpossession, acquired; biblical name22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kegansmall fire; a form of Keegan40 in the US (2017)
- Keiranlittle dark one; a form of Kieran36 in the US (2017)
- Keilanbright; slender; form of Kilian33 in the US (2017)
- Keansmall keen one; a form of Keane4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Keian
Names that are said the same way as Keian, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Keian
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