Kirtan
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning recitation or chanting of sacred names.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Kirtan by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kirtan. In the US, 6 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kirtan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
- Kieranlittle dark one or dark-haired600 in the US (2017)
- Kiaanancient or eternal; a form of Kian106 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kiliansmall church; derived from Cillian162 in the US (2017)
- Kyranlittle dark one; a form of Kieran30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kiernanlittle dark one; descendant of Ciaran79 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Kirtan, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kirtan
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