Kia

Where Kia comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kia.

  • Vowel-ended
Kia through the years
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #5,952 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Kia Stevens born
    American professional wrestler
  3. 1983
    Peak, #634
    272 babies named Kia, its best rank.
  4. 1987
    Kia Vaughn born
    American basketball player
  5. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,402.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Christina.
Namesakes
  • Kia Stevens · American professional wrestler, born 1977
  • Kia Vaughn · American basketball player, born 1987
  • Kia Nurse · Canadian basketball player, born 1996
  • Kia Abdullah · British novelist, born 1982
  • Kia McNeill · American soccer player, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.