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Kian

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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 1 · observations: 23

Candidate data 1.0.0. Unknown values have not been filled with guesses.

Language information

Dictionary information and other contexts are kept separate. A statistical territory does not establish the language of a name; a classification does not determine a person's gender.

Dictionary contexts

None provided for this spelling in this version.

Other contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
English	Not specified	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: English. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:49c20ea2-921b-510b-9dd4-6c7dfc72e39e", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:da46f365-4802-5514-90d2-ef068a7ead1f", "form_id": "frm:69ecf7a1-d138-5140-a455-bceea3b10e5e", "gender": "unknown", "language": "en" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Male	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:a2d93ee5-da67-5887-b594-84fd0ac64728", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:ef4563fd-abc0-5ce4-adcb-ebf1cedc1f73", "form_id": "frm:69ecf7a1-d138-5140-a455-bceea3b10e5e", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Multiple languages	Not specified	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: Multiple languages. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:bacf7e1c-87a4-501e-ab8c-ef8d617cd364", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:22746526-4ec6-540f-a6ce-f07acd858550", "form_id": "frm:69ecf7a1-d138-5140-a455-bceea3b10e5e", "gender": "unknown", "language": "mul" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Male	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:4226c4a5-3aac-583d-9127-693bda977f08", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:cea3d986-6ff7-5b2d-a715-1753fc652ffd", "form_id": "frm:69ecf7a1-d138-5140-a455-bceea3b10e5e", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Related spellings

Every relationship has a direction and type. Source-reported equivalence does not imply universal interchangeability.

Relationships: 1

From	To	Type	Evidence
Kian	Cian	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:8ca56023-2d04-52d8-8178-d71fd2f0f22e", "from_form_id": "frm:69ecf7a1-d138-5140-a455-bceea3b10e5e", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:68018364-0eb9-5e26-83ea-f1039df965f4", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:b81d1843-9a5c-5b1b-8048-460c5c1a2ff3" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

From

Type

Evidence

Kian

Cian

Source-reported equivalence

Evidence

The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row.

Open source and technical details →

Technical details and JSON

Original claim

{
    "evidence_id": "ev:8ca56023-2d04-52d8-8178-d71fd2f0f22e",
    "from_form_id": "frm:69ecf7a1-d138-5140-a455-bceea3b10e5e",
    "language": null,
    "link_id": "lnk:68018364-0eb9-5e26-83ea-f1039df965f4",
    "position": null,
    "relation": "source_equivalence",
    "scheme": null,
    "to_form_id": "frm:b81d1843-9a5c-5b1b-8048-460c5c1a2ff3"
}

All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 23

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Female	Not available	6
United States	2025	Male	Not available	797
Germany	2023	Male	Not available	46
England and Wales	2025	Male	Not available	263
Cologne	2022	Male	1	16
Cologne	2022	Male	2	3
Cologne	2010	Male	Not available	17
Cologne	2011	Male	Not available	17
Cologne	2012	Male	Not available	19
Cologne	2013	Male	Not available	14
Cologne	2014	Male	Not available	16
Cologne	2015	Male	Not available	16
Cologne	2016	Male	Not available	17
Cologne	2017	Male	Not available	20
Cologne	2017	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Male	Not available	18
Cologne	2018	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2019	Male	1	20
Cologne	2019	Male	2	3
Cologne	2020	Male	1	15
Cologne	2020	Male	2	3
Cologne	2021	Male	1	20
Cologne	2021	Male	2	3

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Source classification

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2022 · Male · count: 16 · name position: 1

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Provenance of the record «Kian»

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Relationship «Kian → Cian»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2022 · Male · count: 3 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Male · count: 17 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2011 · Male · count: 17 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2012 · Male · count: 19 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2013 · Male · count: 14 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2014 · Male · count: 16 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2015 · Male · count: 16 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2016 · Male · count: 17 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2017 · Male · count: 20 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2017 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Male · count: 18 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2019 · Male · count: 20 · name position: 1

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Statistics: Cologne · 2019 · Male · count: 3 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2020 · Male · count: 15 · name position: 1

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Statistics: Cologne · 2020 · Male · count: 3 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Male · count: 20 · name position: 1

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Male · count: 3 · name position: 2

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}

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