Kiani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
25
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kiani by the numbers

Kiani was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 50 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Kiani

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

  • Kaniear; in hindu tradition associated with hearing5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Keanithe ocean, seawater7 in the US (2017)
  • Khanimy wealth, my treasure; possessive form of khana7 in the US (2017)
  • Kiana70 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kilani24 in the US (2017)
  • Kiari4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kiani

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

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