Petehn

A girls’ 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

Petehn by the numbers

Petehn 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 Petehn

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

Sounds like Petehn

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

  • Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
  • Peightonpeasant's settlement; a respelling of Payton117 in the US (2017)
  • Peytynvariant of Peyton; settlement of Paega5 in the US (2017)
  • Peytan8 in the US (2017)
  • Peytin7 in the US (2017)
  • Peightyn6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Petehn

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