Keyan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in England and Wales.
Keyan by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Keyan. In the US, 49 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 62 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Keyan
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 Keyan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kyanlittle dark one; a form of Kieran132 in the US (2017)
- Kenanpossession, acquired; biblical name22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kegansmall fire; a form of Keegan40 in the US (2017)
- Keansmall keen one; a form of Keane4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kevanhandsome; a form of Kevin3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ketanpure, crystalline, brilliant5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Keyan
Names that are said the same way as Keyan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Keyan
Nobody has voted for Keyan yet
Vote for Keyan and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Keyan