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Kior

Kior: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“uncertain”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
kee-OR · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (72% girls, 28% boys since 1880)

Kior is rare and its etymology is unclear. It may be a modern coinage or a variant influenced by names such as Kiora, Keor, or Dior-style formations. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Kior?

202433.0 per million US babies
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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.

Babies named Kior in 2024110

2024 rank#2,252 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880440

Kior is rising: use over the last five years is 112.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kior

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amariuncertain; several origins proposed · Unknown
  • Kamariuncertain · Unknown
  • Kashmirname of the Kashmir region · Unknown
  • Itzaeuncertain · Unknown
  • Namariuncertain · Unknown
  • Camariuncertain; possibly modern coinage · Unknown
  • Creefrom the Cree people · Unknown
  • Jruuncertain · Unknown

Kior questions

What does the name Kior mean?

Kior means "uncertain". It comes from Unknown. Kior is rare and its etymology is unclear. It may be a modern coinage or a variant influenced by names such as Kiora, Keor, or Dior-style formations.

Is Kior a boy or girl name?

Kior is used for both: about 72% of US babies named Kior since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Kior?

110 US babies were named Kior in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Kior?

Kior is usually pronounced kee-OR.

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.