Given name & surname
Kini
“multitude”
Kini is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Hawaiian and Kanakanabu.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 5 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 5 in 1962. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 161 as a first name in 2020; 604 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kini’s family of names
In Hawaiian usage, Kini was borrowed from the English form Jane. In Greek usage, Kini as a surname is a transliteration of Κίνη. In Greek usage, Kini as a surname is a transliteration of Κίνι.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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