Given name
Kelvon
“a friend of ships; a man of the river”
Kelvon is a variant of Kelvin. One English interpretation is “a friend of ships; a man of the river.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kelvon is a variant of Kelvin. One English interpretation is “a friend of ships; a man of the river.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kelvon is a variant of Kelvin. An origin associated with Kelvin is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kelvon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 320
- 320 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 29 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 271 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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