Khye

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khye by the numbers

Khye was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Khye

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

  • Kayepure; a form of Katherine or Kay8 in the US (2017)
  • Kye327 in the US (2017)
  • Khyre16 in the US (2017)
  • Khy8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Khye

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

  • Khigreek letter chi26 in the US (2017)
  • Kitree; wood; or various meanings by character13 in the US (2017)
  • Ky45 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Khye

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