Kian

Where Kian comes from

The dictionaries list Kian as a given name — a male given name from Irish, anglicized spelling of Cian — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,724 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Kian Egan born
    Irish pop singer
  3. 1989
    Kian Hansen born
    Danish association football player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #400
    797 babies named Kian — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish, anglicized spelling of Cian.
Namesakes
  • Kian Egan · Irish pop singer, born 1980
  • Kian Hansen · Danish association football player, born 1989
  • Kian Lawley · American YouTuber and actor, born 1995
  • Kian Fitz-Jim · Dutch association football player, born 2003
  • Kian Emadi · British cyclist, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.