Keeyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-an
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Keeyan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “ancient, enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Keeyan mean?
Irish: phonetic spelling of Kian (Cian)
“ancient, enduring”
A spelling of Kian, from Irish Cian, the father of the hero Lugh in Irish myth.
Is Keeyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Keeyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keeyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Keeyan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 boys.
In 2025, 564 boys in the UK were given Keeyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #115, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Keeyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
Names like Keeyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Aiden, Finn, Keegan, Kody, Brayden, Caelan, Brody, Conan, Cody, Brogan, Keelan
Other spellings of Keeyan
Names related to Keeyan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keeyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keeyan, updated 20 October 2026.