Yexian

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Yexian by the numbers

Yexian was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Yexian

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

  • Yulianof Julius or youthful; a form of Julian24 in the US (2017)
  • Yehiagod is gracious; a form of John14 in the US (2017)
  • Yuxuan8 in the US (2017)
  • Yixuan6 in the US (2017)
  • Yavian5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yexian

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