Kyi

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kyi by the numbers

Kyi was given to 17 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 Kyi

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

  • Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Koia type of ornamental carp fish51 in the US (2017)
  • Khigreek letter chi26 in the US (2017)
  • Kitree; wood; or various meanings by character13 in the US (2017)
  • Kyri38 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kyi

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