Lykan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lykan by the numbers

Lykan was given to 6 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 Lykan

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

  • Lymandweller by the meadow15 in the US (2017)
  • Lycan13 in the US (2017)
  • Loganlittle hollow15,077 in the US (2017)
  • Lukasfrom Lucania; a form of Luke1,723 in the US (2017)
  • Lukahfrom lucania; a variant of luke or luca42 in the US (2017)
  • Lucanfrom Lucania; a form of Luke6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Lykan

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