Kiann

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kiann by the numbers

Kiann was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 1971, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Kiann

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

  • Kyann5 in the US (2017)
  • Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
  • Kiringiraffe; or mythical hooved chimerical creature19 in the US (2017)
  • Keanithe ocean, seawater7 in the US (2017)
  • Khanimy wealth, my treasure; possessive form of khana7 in the US (2017)
  • Kiari4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kiann

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

  • Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kyanlittle dark one; a form of Kieran132 in the US (2017)
  • Kion127 in the US (2017)
  • Kyon62 in the US (2017)
  • Kien16 in the US (2017)
  • Khyon3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Kiann

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