Kylon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kylon by the numbers

Kylon was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 56 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kylon

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

  • Kylennarrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle226 in the US (2017)
  • Kyronlordly and masterly; a variant of Cyrus25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
  • Kyson702 in the US (2017)
  • Kylan450 in the US (2017)
  • Kylo138 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kylon

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

  • Quillancub or whelp; a form of Quill13 in the US (2017)
  • Kilansmall and graceful; a form of Kilian11 in the US (2017)
  • Kylin118 in the US (2017)
  • Khylan54 in the US (2017)
  • Khylen29 in the US (2017)
  • Khylin25 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kylon

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