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Kye

Kye: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“uncertain”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
KYE · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys (94% of all uses)

Kye has several possible sources, including use as a variant of Kai or as a modern spelling of Ky. Its etymology is therefore uncertain in this exact form. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Kye?

202453.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Kye in 2024176

2024 rank#1,194 boys

Peak year2016

Total US babies since 18805,761

Kye is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kye

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

Kye questions

What does the name Kye mean?

Kye means "uncertain". It comes from Unknown. Kye has several possible sources, including use as a variant of Kai or as a modern spelling of Ky. Its etymology is therefore uncertain in this exact form.

Is Kye a boy or girl name?

Kye is mainly a boy's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kye?

176 US babies were named Kye in 2024. Its peak year was 2016.

How do you pronounce Kye?

Kye is usually pronounced KYE.

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.