Kaladin

Kaladin: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “uncertain; likely literary coinage”
Origin: Unknown
Say it: KAL-uh-din · 3 syllables
Used for: Boys

Best known as a modern literary name created by Brandon Sanderson for a fictional character. No reliable traditional etymology is established for the name outside that usage. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Kaladin?

202439.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Kaladin in 2024131

2024 rank#1,414 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880695

Kaladin is rising: use over the last five years is 18.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kaladin

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Kaisea; shell; forgiveness · Unknown
Arlouncertain · Unknown
Garyuncertain · Unknown
Coreyfrom the hollow · Unknown
Caspianof the Caspian Sea · Unknown
Kyrouncertain · Unknown
Brayanuncertain; usually treated as Brian variant · Unknown
Dakariuncertain · Unknown

Kaladin questions

What does the name Kaladin mean?

Kaladin means "uncertain; likely literary coinage". It comes from Unknown. Best known as a modern literary name created by Brandon Sanderson for a fictional character. No reliable traditional etymology is established for the name outside that usage.

Is Kaladin a boy or girl name?

Kaladin is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kaladin?

131 US babies were named Kaladin in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Kaladin?

Kaladin is usually pronounced KAL-uh-din.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.