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Kiegan
How to Pronounce Kiegan
Pronounced KEE-gun /ˈkiː.ɡən/Medium
Meaning: Kiegan is a modern respelling of Keegan, an Irish surname anglicized from Mac Aodhagain, meaning son of Aodhagan, a diminutive of Aodh, an old Irish name meaning fire.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Kiegan is a Kie- respelling of Keegan, an Irish surname anglicized from Mac Aodhagain, meaning son of Aodhagan. Like many Irish surnames, it moved into use as a first name in recent decades.
Kiegan appears in United States records from the mid nineteen-nineties, reaching its small peak around 2008 when it was given to only about twenty boys a year, and it never became common. A boy named Kiegan at that peak would be in his late teens today.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Kiegan mean?
It is a respelling of Keegan, from the Irish Mac Aodhagain, meaning son of Aodhagan, a name tied to a root meaning fire.
How do you pronounce Kiegan?
It is said KEE-gun /ˈkiː.ɡən/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Kiegan a boy or girl name?
Kiegan is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Kiegan?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak in the late two-thousands.