Nakhi

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, 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

Nakhi by the numbers

Nakhi was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nakhi

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

  • Nakaiinside the middle; a Japanese surname used as given name37 in the US (2017)
  • Nikhilwhole, complete, entire90 in the US (2017)
  • Nakoawarrior43 in the US (2017)
  • Nasrivictorious or of victory9 in the US (2017)
  • Nakiapure or chaste; a form of Nakiya7 in the US (2017)
  • Naokivaries by kanji; commonly straight or honest tree7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nakhi

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

  • Naqipure, clear5 in the US (2017)
  • Nakye5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nakhi

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