Given name
Kiet
“one who is honored; respected”
Kiet is used as a given name. One interpretation is “one who is honored; respected.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is honored; respected.”
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
Kiet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 343
- 343 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 19 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 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,822 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.
Kiet’s family of names
Kiet has a related form in Kiete. Kiet has a related form in Kyet. Kiet has a related form in Kyete.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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