Khyber

loc · Latin script

Meaning: mtn. pass

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Khyber is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Saudi Arabia.

rarermore common
  • SASaudi Arabia
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates
  • EGEgypt

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Saudi Arabia (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
74 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

mtn. pass

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Khyber counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Khyber is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SA Saudi Arabia——Khyber6
AE United Arab Emirates——Khyber3
US United States—5Khyber74
EG Egypt——Khyber2
GB United Kingdom——Khyber23

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Khyber is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Khýbĕř

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Khyber is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Ellipsis of Khyber Pass (“the arse”).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Khyber
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20076—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20165—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20135—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Khyber mean, and where does it come from?
mtn. pass Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
In which country does Khyber have the most bearers?
Khyber is most frequently recorded in Saudi Arabia, where it is most often spelled khyber.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Khyber”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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