Given name
Kiegan
“small and fiery woman”·“a small and fiery man”
Kiegan is a variant of Keegan. Interpretations include “small and fiery woman” and “a small and fiery man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kiegan is a variant of Keegan. Interpretations include “small and fiery woman” and “a small and fiery man”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kiegan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 165
- 160 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 17 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 210 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 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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