Baby name

RISING BOY · IRISH-LATIN
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Kilian

/KIL · ee · an/


“Little church”

Irish and German saint's name, from Old Irish Cillín meaning 'little church'; St. Kilian was a 7th-century Irish missionary who evangelized Franconia.

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How it ages.

Strong hagiographic roots; reviving well in Germany and France as saint names trend back.

The cultural moment.

Rising in Germany and France since 2010; long established in Ireland; top 100 in Germany by the mid-2010s.