Key
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Key by the numbers
Key was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Key
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 Key. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Key
Names that are said the same way as Key, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Keirespectful; orderly; may vary with kanji used25 in the US (2017)