Knixon

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

Knixon by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Knixon

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

  • Khironhand; form of chiron the centaur6 in the US (2017)
  • Keirondark or lord; a form of Ciaran or Kieran3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaison471 in the US (2017)
  • Keion62 in the US (2017)
  • Kiyon33 in the US (2017)
  • Kainon21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Knixon

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

  • Nixonson of Nicholas634 in the US (2017)
  • Nicksonson of Nick; a patronymic form13 in the US (2017)
  • Nixxon18 in the US (2017)
  • Nyxon14 in the US (2017)
  • Nixen7 in the US (2017)
  • Nixin5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Knixon

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