Kimani

A boys’ name of Kikuyu origin, meaning sweet-smelling one.

Babies a year
74
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Kimani by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kimani. In the US, 74 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 111 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kimani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kamanidesired, wished for53 in the US (2017)
  • Keimanipowerful man or warrior of power7 in the US (2017)
  • Kymani231 in the US (2017)
  • Kemani42 in the US (2017)
  • Kimari24 in the US (2017)
  • Kimoni20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kimani

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

Names about as common as Kimani

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