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Kathan
How to Pronounce Kathan
Pronounced KAY-thuhn /ˈkeɪ.θən/Medium
Meaning: Kathan reads most often as a modern American name on the Nathan/Ethan pattern, swapping in a K- opening; separately it matches the Sanskrit kathan, 'narration, telling a story,' used in some Indian families. Routes are uncertain.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Kathan is best read either as a modern coinage echoing Nathan and Ethan or, in some Indian-American families, as the Sanskrit kathan, 'narration.' The routes are uncertain, which we note, and its U.S. use is recent.
It was never common in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year even at its peak around 2012, and it has stayed rare. A boy named Kathan then is barely a teenager now.
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What does the name Kathan mean?
It reads as a Nathan/Ethan-style coinage or the Sanskrit kathan, 'narration'; routes are uncertain.
How do you pronounce Kathan?
It is said KAY-thuhn /ˈkeɪ.θən/, with the stress as marked.
Is Kathan a boy or girl name?
Kathan is used here as a boy's name.
How popular is Kathan?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year even at its peak in the early twenty-tens.