Kilian

Where Kilian comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kilian.

  • Irish
Kilian through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,724 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2023
    Peak, #1,031
    212 babies named Kilian, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish, variant of Killian.
Namesakes

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