Baby name
RISING
🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇪 Kilian
/KIL · ee · an/
Meaning
“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.
Nicknames
kili
Vibe
strong
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.