Khyan
Boy · KY-an · Irish
Khyan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “ancient, enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Khyan mean?
Irish: spelling of Kyan; probably a spelling of Kian (Cian)
“ancient, enduring”
Probably a respelling of Kian, from the Irish Cian; in Irish myth Cian was the father of the hero Lugh.
- Say it
- KY-an
Meaning borrowed from Kyan.
Is Khyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Khyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khyan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Khyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Khyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Khyan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Khyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 239 boys in the US were given Khyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #893, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Khyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
Names like Khyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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