Kiros

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kiros by the numbers

Kiros was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kiros

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

  • Kairosthe right or opportune moment in time7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kyroslordly and masterly; variant of Cyrus5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kiro10 in the US (2017)
  • Kiron5 in the US (2017)
  • Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
  • Kyronlordly and masterly; a variant of Cyrus25 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kiros

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

  • Kyrusfar-sighted, lordly; a respelled form of Cyrus5 in the US (2017)
  • Kyrese18 in the US (2017)
  • Kyreese11 in the US (2017)
  • Kyreece6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Kiros

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