Keigan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keigan by the numbers

Keigan was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 67 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Keigan

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

  • Keighansmall and fiery; variant of Keegan20 in the US (2017)
  • Keygan6 in the US (2017)
  • Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
  • Keagenvariant of Keegan; small descendant of Egan24 in the US (2017)
  • Keaghansmall fire; a form of keegan16 in the US (2017)
  • Kennansmall keen one13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Keigan

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

  • Keegansmall flame or descendant of Aodhagán1,235 in the US (2017)
  • Keagansmall fire; a form of Keegan287 in the US (2017)
  • Kegansmall fire; a form of Keegan40 in the US (2017)
  • Keagon6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keigan

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