Kush
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning heaven, paradise; also an ancient kingdom.
Kush by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Kush. In the US, 24 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 65 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kush. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean eternity
Like Kush, each of these has eternity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ericeternal ruler2,757 in the US (2017)
- Ericketernal ruler; a form of Erik or Eric1,433 in the US (2017)
- Eriketernal ruler; ever powerful895 in the US (2017)
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khalideternal; immortal; everlasting185 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sky or heaven
Like Kush, each of these has the sky or heaven in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Kush
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