Kullen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 32 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
32
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kullen by the numbers

Kullen was given to 32 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 64 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kullen

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

  • Kellenbright-headed427 in the US (2017)
  • Kallen143 in the US (2017)
  • Kellanbright-headed; form of Kellen506 in the US (2017)
  • Koltencoal settlement; a form of colton245 in the US (2017)
  • Kylennarrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle226 in the US (2017)
  • Kellerdweller in a spring or well140 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kullen

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

  • Cullenhandsome; from the surname Cullen555 in the US (2017)
  • Cullin7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kullen

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