Kiin

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kiɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kiin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Somalia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SOSomalia≈1 in 85K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SESweden1 in 292K
  • NONorway≈1 in 400K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Somalia (inferred from the name graph)

≈140 people, est.

Sources
44 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 85K (inferred from the name graph)

Somalia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Where in the world(measured from records)

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

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kiin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SO Somalia≈140 est.≈1 in 85K2—2
US United States≈42 est.≈1 in 7.8M—Kiin44
SE Sweden351 in 292K35Kiin3
MY Malaysia≈30 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Kiin10
NO Norway≈14 est.≈1 in 400K18—1
FI Finland71 in 796K34—1

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: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Puntland PEC/TPEC local-council candidate lists. 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)

Kiin is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Argentina, Peru

    Also written Kíín, Kïïn, Kiiñ

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Kïīn, Kïìn, Kïïn

  • Arabic given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia

    Also written Kïîn, Kįìn, Ķiîn, Kïïn, Kíín

  • Korean given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, Malaysia, United States

    Also written 기인, 기안, Giin, Ki-In, Guian

27 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)

Kiin is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, alternative form of kyne

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

  • In jum, guinea fowl

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

  • In izh, closed

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

  • In Breton, s’acharner

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Sirje Kiinb. 1949EEEstonian literary scholar, journalist, and translator (born 1949)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Kiin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—35#17,411
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202031—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201731—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201930—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201830—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201627—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201526—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—25#17,002
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—25#17,747
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201425—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201325—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201222—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kiin?
A machine transcription gives /kiɪn/ (IPA) for English.
Is Kiin a male or female name?
Kiin is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Kiin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 138 people named Kiin in Somalia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Kiin?
In Sweden, the national register counted 35 people named Kiin, about 1 in 292 thousand residents.

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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, “Kiin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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