Kowan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Kowan by the numbers
Kowan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 1972, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Kowan
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 Kowan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kowan
Names that are said the same way as Kowan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Cohenpriest; kohanim1,115 in the US (2017)
- Kohenpriest; variant spelling of Cohen385 in the US (2017)
- Koenbold counsel; form of Kuno or Conrad145 in the US (2017)
- Cohandescendant of Cohan; surname origin22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cowenhollow; from place name Cowan5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Coen235 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kowan
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