Khang
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Khang by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Khang. In the US, 36 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Khang
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 Khang. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Khanruler or leader4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khanekhan or ruler; a form of Khan8 in the US (2017)
- Khanimy wealth, my treasure; possessive form of khana7 in the US (2017)
- Khing12 in the US (2017)
- Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Keanesharp or keen; from an irish surname31 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Khang
Names that are said the same way as Khang, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kaung6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Khang
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