Khelan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khelan by the numbers

Khelan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Khelan

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 Khelan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Keelansmall and slender; follower of Saint Caoláin105 in the US (2017)
  • Kaelanslender or fair; a form of Kaelen17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khylan54 in the US (2017)
  • Kelan32 in the US (2017)
  • Khilan7 in the US (2017)
  • Khalan6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Khelan

Names that are said the same way as Khelan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kellanbright-headed; form of Kellen506 in the US (2017)
  • Kellenbright-headed427 in the US (2017)
  • Kellinbright-headed; a form of Kellen67 in the US (2017)
  • Keilanbright; slender; form of Kilian33 in the US (2017)
  • Keelinslender and fair; a form of Caolinn15 in the US (2017)
  • Kealanslender or fair-haired6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Khelan

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