Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kishon 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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kishon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 282
- 262 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 20 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 306 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.
Kishon’s family of names
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Kishon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Jiron
Jiron is a surname from Spanish.
>99% boys
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>99% boys
Camdon
“of the enclosed valley” · “from the winding valley”
>99% boys
Cowan
“from the hollow near the hill; one of twins”
>99% boys
Kayky
>99% boys