Khyan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khyan by the numbers

Khyan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Khyan

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 Khyan. 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)
  • Khanruler or leader4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kiyan85 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khylan54 in the US (2017)
  • Keyan14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kayan34 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Khyan

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

  • Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kion127 in the US (2017)
  • Kyon62 in the US (2017)
  • Kien16 in the US (2017)
  • Khyon3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khian6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Khyan

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