Kierstan

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kierstan by the numbers

Kierstan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 31 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kierstan

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

  • Kierstenfollower of christ; a form of Kirsten100 in the US (2017)
  • Kierstynchristian; a modern respelling of kirsten42 in the US (2017)
  • Kierstin17 in the US (2017)
  • Kierston6 in the US (2017)
  • Kirstenfollower of Christ; form of Christina106 in the US (2017)
  • Kiernanlittle dark one; descendant of Ciaran79 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kierstan

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