Khilan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khilan by the numbers

Khilan was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Khilan

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

  • Keilanbright; slender; form of Kilian33 in the US (2017)
  • Kilansmall and graceful; a form of Kilian11 in the US (2017)
  • Khylan54 in the US (2017)
  • Kailan9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khilyn11 in the US (2017)
  • Khalan6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Khilan

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

  • Kylennarrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle226 in the US (2017)
  • Quillancub or whelp; a form of Quill13 in the US (2017)
  • Kylan450 in the US (2017)
  • Kylin118 in the US (2017)
  • Kylon39 in the US (2017)
  • Khylen29 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Khilan

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