Kyo
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Kyo by the numbers
Kyo was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kyo
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 Kyo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kyo
Names that are said the same way as Kyo, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kio6 in the US (2017)