Kian

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled เกียรติ in TH Thailand and Kiyan in TR Türkiye.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kian is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name10K records spelled Kian7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, Argentina, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Kían, Kián, Kìan, Kïån, Kíáñ

• Danish given name5.6K records spelled Kian8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Giyan, Kîan

• French given name3.5K records spelled Kian5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Malaysia, Spain, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written K-Ian, Kiân, Kīan

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Kian is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Esperanto, accusative singular of kia

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In mqs, the island of Kayoa

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Breton, s’acharner

  as a word·Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 56 years between 1970–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Margaret Tu Chuanb. 1942CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress
• Sunny Fub. 1962CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
• Kian Eganb. 1980IEIrish pop singer (born 1980)
• Li Juanb. 1981CNnot in their usual namevolleyball player
• Gu Juanb. 1990CNnot in their usual nameSingaporean badminton player
• Kian Soltanib. 1992ATAustrian cellist
• Kian Lawleyb. 1995USAmerican YouTuber and actor
• Kian Ronanb. 2001GBGibraltarian association football player
• Kian Fitz-Jimb. 2003NLDutch association football player (born 2003)
• Kian Köppkeactor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 738 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kian?

We estimate roughly 16 thousand people bear Kian (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Kian have the most bearers?

Kian is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled kian.

Where is Kian most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kian is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 3.0 thousand people — even though Malaysia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Kian compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Kian is the 380th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

Is Kian a male or female name?

Kian is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Kian mean?

Recorded meaning: Kian kan vara en skrivform av det gäliska namnet Cian, med betydelsen ’ålderdomlig, varaktig’.