Kilyan

given name · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 63K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GPGuadeloupe≈1 in 16K
  • MQMartinique≈1 in 27K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100 people, est.

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)

Guadeloupe, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kilyan 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 Kilyan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈1,100 est.≈1 in 63K2.6KKilyan122
ES Spain681 in 736K68—2
BE Belgium≈49 est.≈1 in 239K—Kilyan8
BR Brazil301 in 7.1M30—1
GP Guadeloupe≈29 est.≈1 in 16K5—5
MQ Martinique≈16 est.≈1 in 27K5—2
GF French Guiana≈5 est.≈1 in 39K5—2

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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana). 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)

Kilyan is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kílyan

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kilyān

20 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Kilyan,Hi Kilyan, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Kilyan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)20242.6K#2,676
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—68#21,530
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—52#12,488
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202230—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—28#94,398
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)202023—
GF French GuianaINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana)20215#138
MQ MartiniqueINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)20165#68
GP GuadeloupeINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)20145#97
GF French GuianaINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana)20195#141
GF French GuianaINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana)20185#137
MQ MartiniqueINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)20125#102

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kilyan?
A machine transcription gives /ciʎiɑ̃/ (IPA) for French.
Is Kilyan a male or female name?
Kilyan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Kilyan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Kilyan in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kilyan.
How common is the name Kilyan?
In Spain, the national register counted 68 people named Kilyan, about 1 in 736 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, “Kilyan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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