Kiron
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Kiron by the numbers
Kiron was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kiron
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 Kiron. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
- Kyronlordly and masterly; a variant of Cyrus25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kiringiraffe; or mythical hooved chimerical creature19 in the US (2017)
- Kieronlittle dark one; a form of Kieran6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khironhand; form of chiron the centaur6 in the US (2017)
- Keirondark or lord; a form of Ciaran or Kieran3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Kiron
Names that are said the same way as Kiron, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kiron
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