Kethan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Kethan by the numbers
Kethan was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kethan
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 Kethan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ketanpure, crystalline, brilliant5 in the US (2017)
- Keithan11 in the US (2017)
- Keegansmall flame or descendant of Aodhagán1,235 in the US (2017)
- Kellanbright-headed; form of Kellen506 in the US (2017)
- Keagansmall fire; a form of Keegan287 in the US (2017)
- Keenansmall and ancient; form of Cian or Kienan233 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kethan
Names that are said the same way as Kethan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Keithenwood; a form of Keith10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kethan
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