Killean
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Killean by the numbers
Killean was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Killean
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 Killean. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Killiansmall church; bright-headed1,513 in the US (2017)
- Kellanbright-headed; form of Kellen506 in the US (2017)
- Kellenbright-headed427 in the US (2017)
- Kiliansmall church; derived from Cillian162 in the US (2017)
- Kilansmall and graceful; a form of Kilian11 in the US (2017)
- Kilyansmall and graceful; a form of Kilian11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Killean
Names that are said the same way as Killean, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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