Keir

A unisex name of Scottish origin, meaning dark-skinned or dusky.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keir by the numbers

Keir was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 63 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that mean darkness

Like Keir, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
  • Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
  • Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
  • Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keir

AntwaunCaleyAideenAidynnAysaBrinaAbrianCamara

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