Kashmir

Kashmir: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “name of the Kashmir region”
Origin: Unknown
Say it: kash-MEER · 2 syllables
Used for: Both (31% girls, 69% boys since 1880)

Taken from the place name Kashmir. The place-name etymology is uncertain and debated, so as a personal name its underlying meaning is unclear. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

Modern names

How popular is Kashmir?

202454.0 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 Kashmir in 2024180

2024 rank#1,234 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18801,764

Kashmir is rising: use over the last five years is 5.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kashmir

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Amariuncertain; several origins proposed · Unknown
Kamariuncertain · Unknown
Itzaeuncertain · Unknown
Namariuncertain · Unknown
Camariuncertain; possibly modern coinage · Unknown
Kioruncertain · Unknown
Creefrom the Cree people · Unknown
Jruuncertain · Unknown

Kashmir questions

What does the name Kashmir mean?

Kashmir means "name of the Kashmir region". It comes from Unknown. Taken from the place name Kashmir. The place-name etymology is uncertain and debated, so as a personal name its underlying meaning is unclear.

Is Kashmir a boy or girl name?

Kashmir is used for both: about 31% of US babies named Kashmir since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Kashmir?

180 US babies were named Kashmir in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Kashmir?

Kashmir is usually pronounced kash-MEER.

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.