Kyuss

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kyuss by the numbers

Kyuss was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kyuss

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

  • Kyus8 in the US (2017)
  • Kyroslordly and masterly; variant of Cyrus5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khushhappy or pleasant8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kyrusfar-sighted, lordly; a respelled form of Cyrus5 in the US (2017)
  • Kross13 in the US (2017)
  • Kruse7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kyuss

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

  • Kyce6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Kyuss

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