Keraun
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Keraun by the numbers
Keraun was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Keraun
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 Keraun. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kieranlittle dark one or dark-haired600 in the US (2017)
- Kyranlittle dark one; a form of Kieran30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
- 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)
Sounds like Keraun
Names that are said the same way as Keraun, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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