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Laiken

Laiken: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“uncertain; possibly modern surname-style formation”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
LAY-kən · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (79% girls, 21% boys since 1880)

Likely a modern coined name influenced by surname-style forms such as Laken, Layken, or Laikyn. Its exact etymology is uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

American namesModern namesSurname-style names

How popular is Laiken?

202430.0 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 Laiken in 2024100

2024 rank#2,675 girls

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 18802,371

Laiken is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Laiken

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
  • Kioruncertain · Unknown
  • Creefrom the Cree people · Unknown

Laiken questions

What does the name Laiken mean?

Laiken means "uncertain; possibly modern surname-style formation". It comes from Unknown. Likely a modern coined name influenced by surname-style forms such as Laken, Layken, or Laikyn. Its exact etymology is uncertain.

Is Laiken a boy or girl name?

Laiken is used for both: about 79% of US babies named Laiken since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Laiken?

100 US babies were named Laiken in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Laiken?

Laiken is usually pronounced LAY-kən.

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.