Kyne

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kyne by the numbers

Kyne was given to 5 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 Kyne

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

  • Kylenarrow strait or channel1,869 in the US (2017)
  • Kanewarrior; tribute940 in the US (2017)
  • Kaynespear warrior; modern spelling of cain or kane80 in the US (2017)
  • Kye327 in the US (2017)
  • Kyng215 in the US (2017)
  • Kyre17 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kyne

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

  • Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
  • Quinfifth; a form of quincy or quentin68 in the US (2017)
  • Kinfamily member or relative5 in the US (2017)
  • Kyen7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kyne

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