Given name & surname
Kein
“a warrior”·“one who is sharp”
Kein is a variant of Kean. Interpretations include “a warrior” and “one who is sharp”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kein is a variant of Kean. Interpretations include “a warrior” and “one who is sharp”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kein is a variant of Kean. An origin associated with Kean is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kein through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 95
- 95 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 218 as a first name in 2020; 235 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kein’s family of names
Kein has a related form in Kean. In Greek usage, Kein as a surname is a transliteration of Κέιν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kein
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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