Given name
Khian
“one who is different”
Khian is a variant of Khiana. One American interpretation is “one who is different.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Khian is a variant of Khiana. One American interpretation is “one who is different.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Khian is a variant of Khiana. An origin associated with Khiana is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94
- 94 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,228 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,228 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2014.
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 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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