Kween

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 23 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kween by the numbers

Kween was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Kween

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

  • Kueen5 in the US (2017)
  • Karenpure; a form of Catherine559 in the US (2017)
  • Kerenhorn; strength; ray of light104 in the US (2017)
  • Kevenhandsome; a form of Kevin39 in the US (2017)
  • Kierenlittle dark one; a form of Kieran17 in the US (2017)
  • Keenasmall keen one; a form of Keenan13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kween

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