Khylon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khylon by the numbers

Khylon was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Khylon

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

Sounds like Khylon

Names that are said the same way as Khylon, 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)
  • Kilansmall and graceful; a form of Kilian11 in the US (2017)
  • Kylan450 in the US (2017)
  • Kylin118 in the US (2017)
  • Kilyn15 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Khylon

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