Kiran Forename
339th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,868,622 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India
Kiran Forename User-submission:
It is an Irish name, which means 'little dark one'. It comes from the word ciar, meaning 'dark haired' or 'black haired' when applied to humans.
Kiran Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 73% | 1,647,333 | 1:737 | 35 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 130,788 | 1:1,486 | 283 |
| Nepal | 54% | 37,253 | 1:765 | 143 |
| United States | 53% | 10,166 | 1:35,662 | 2,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 8,043 | 1:3,831 | 624 |
| England | 85% | 7,673 | 1:7,247 | 653 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6,086 | 1:1,175 | 124 |
| Canada | 67% | 2,676 | 1:12,382 | 1,343 |
| Oman | - | 2,199 | 1:1,868 | 284 |
| Bangladesh | 60% | 1,650 | 1:96,643 | 6,671 |
| Poland | - | 1,508 | 1:25,217 | 844 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,421 | 1:949 | 158 |
| Indonesia | 75% | 1,411 | 1:182,823 | 18,045 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| South Africa | 95% | 905 | 1:60,257 | 5,845 |
| Kuwait | - | 807 | 1:4,691 | 621 |
| Australia | - | 801 | 1:17,051 | 1,288 |
| Thailand | 63% | 763 | 1:91,829 | 7,994 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 644 | 1:2,015 | 372 |
| Malaysia | 68% | 599 | 1:50,835 | 4,184 |
| New Zealand | - | 539 | 1:8,416 | 956 |
| Netherlands | 61% | 528 | 1:32,012 | 2,583 |
| Egypt | 100% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| Suriname | 50% | 280 | 1:1,974 | 460 |
| Singapore | 87% | 226 | 1:27,819 | 5,810 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 56% | 223 | 1:6,105 | 1,018 |
| Germany | 58% | 208 | 1:464,797 | 5,076 |
| Scotland | 87% | 172 | 1:31,107 | 1,230 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Spain | 53% | 138 | 1:337,174 | 5,260 |
| Bhutan | 89% | 130 | 1:6,346 | 455 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Ireland | 62% | 99 | 1:46,904 | 1,571 |
| Sweden | 55% | 96 | 1:102,687 | 4,375 |
| Wales | 89% | 93 | 1:33,272 | 1,433 |
| Belgium | 52% | 76 | 1:151,185 | 4,257 |
| Nigeria | 91% | 71 | 1:2,500,906 | 46,525 |
| Norway | 57% | 63 | 1:81,466 | 2,852 |
| Guyana | 68% | 62 | 1:12,311 | 1,780 |
| Denmark | - | 52 | 1:108,644 | 3,049 |
| Switzerland | 58% | 50 | 1:164,270 | 4,176 |
| Hong Kong | - | 47 | 1:164,952 | 3,125 |
| Philippines | 54% | 45 | 1:2,355,766 | 50,300 |
| Jamaica | - | 42 | 1:68,648 | 3,437 |
| China | - | 39 | 1:35,027,071 | 61,373 |
| Russia | 82% | 39 | 1:3,698,300 | 20,046 |
| France | 87% | 36 | 1:1,846,398 | 11,178 |
| Brazil | 50% | 34 | 1:6,301,063 | 91,171 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Turkey | 88% | 30 | 1:2,593,390 | 16,208 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 28 | 1:1,885,297 | 21,873 |
| Zimbabwe | 67% | 27 | 1:571,252 | 24,615 |
| Japan | - | 26 | 1:4,922,541 | 27,482 |
| Brunei | 100% | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Italy | 73% | 25 | 1:2,442,484 | 15,834 |
| Uganda | 67% | 23 | 1:1,780,736 | 24,513 |
| Kenya | - | 21 | 1:2,205,100 | 20,622 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 18 | 1:452,906 | 34,619 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Finland | 80% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 15 | 1:2,174,901 | 18,600 |
| Zambia | - | 12 | 1:1,321,233 | 17,217 |
| Northern Ireland | 85% | 11 | 1:167,559 | 1,705 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Mexico | 50% | 11 | 1:11,285,857 | 32,937 |
| Panama | 100% | 10 | 1:390,656 | 11,763 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Grenada | 75% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Jordan | - | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Belize | 67% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Cambodia | 75% | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Cyprus | - | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| DR Congo | - | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Saint Lucia | 50% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Chile | 67% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Czechia | - | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Israel | 50% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Maldives | 100% | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Kiràn (1) & Kîràñ (1) are calculated separately.
Kiran (113,309) may also be a surname.
Kiran Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It is an Irish name, which means 'little dark one'. It comes from the word ciar, meaning 'dark haired' or 'black haired' when applied to humans.
- lilyaskeyKiran is a unisex Indian name, which comes from the Sanskrit word kiraṇa, meaning 'ray of light'.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsKiran Forename Popularity
Kiran Demographics
Kiran Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,593 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Kiran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiran in the Russian language | ||
| Киран | kiran | - |
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