Kiren
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Kiren by the numbers
Kiren was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kiren
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 Kiren. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
- Kiringiraffe; or mythical hooved chimerical creature19 in the US (2017)
- Kierenlittle dark one; a form of Kieran17 in the US (2017)
- Kiree7 in the US (2017)
- Karsenfollower of Christ; a modern respelling of Karsten234 in the US (2017)
- Kirbychurch settlement; from Old English cirice and by78 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kiren
Names that are said the same way as Kiren, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kyranlittle dark one; a form of Kieran30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kyronlordly and masterly; a variant of Cyrus25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khironhand; form of chiron the centaur6 in the US (2017)
- Kyrenefrom the ancient city of cyrene in north africa6 in the US (2017)
- Kyren182 in the US (2017)
- Kyrin158 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kiren
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