Given name
Khanh
“resembling a precious stone”
Khanh is used as a given name. One Vietnamese interpretation is “resembling a precious stone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “resembling a precious stone.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khanh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 714
- 415 boys · 299 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 44 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 girls is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,489 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.
Khanh’s family of names
Khanh has a related form in Khan. Khanh has a related form in Khan. Khanh has a related form in Khann.
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 Khanh
- Ngụy Thị KhanhExecutive director and founder of the Green Innovation and Development Centre in Vietnamborn 1978
- Vũ Hồng KhanhVietnamese revolutionary1898–1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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