Given name & surname

Kio

Kio is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Kio isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kio through the years

Babies since 1880
55
55 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2022
12 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
024682025Highest share 20240.0
Kio in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2006–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 12 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172 as a first name in 2020; 406 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.

KioKîo

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Kio, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kivaan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Basque · Modern

Kepa

“as solid as a stone”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

English · Modern

Kidd

“resembling a young goat”

11Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Kasden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kahzi

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kasion

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Karlisle

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kaicyn

17Very rareRising fast

94% boys · 6% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kio’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Kio