Kien
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.
Kien by the numbers
Kien was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kien
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 Kien. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
- Koenbold counsel; form of Kuno or Conrad145 in the US (2017)
- Kenknowledge; a form of Kenneth63 in the US (2017)
- Kielnarrow strait or channel15 in the US (2017)
- Keenbold; sharp; fierce6 in the US (2017)
- Kierdark-haired one; a form of Kieran6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kien
Names that are said the same way as Kien, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kien
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