Given name & surname
Kinnon
“one who is fair-born”
Kinnon is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “one who is fair-born.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “one who is fair-born.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
How it developed
In English usage, Kinnon as a surname developed from MhicFhionghain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kinnon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 7 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 117 as a first name in 2020; 379 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.
Kinnon’s family of names
In English usage, Kinnon as a surname developed from the Scottish Gaelic form MhicFhionghain. Kinnon has a related form in Kinnan. Kinnon has a related form in Kinnen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kinnon has relatives in 3 languages.
9 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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