Invented Names

Names with a traceable moment of creation. Where the inventor left no record of what they meant, these pages say the meaning is unknown rather than supplying one, which is the difference between a reference and a guess.

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13 names, most popular first in United States

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Jayden Jayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed on the pattern of Aiden.
Modern coinage #70 in US
Jaxon Jaxon is a boy's name and a modern respelling of Jackson, meaning "son of Jack."
English #115 in US
Jaxson Jaxson is a boy's name of modern American coinage, a respelling of Jackson.
English #156 in US
Zayden Zayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed by attaching the -ayden ending to a Z.
Modern coinage #214 in US
Kaiden Kaiden has no etymology, because it was invented — it is one of the -aiden rhyming names built in America in the 1990s, and the Arabic and Japanese origins asserted for it online are attached to a coinage rather than found in a source.
American #237 in US
Ayden Ayden is a boy's name, a respelling of the Irish Aidan meaning "little fire."
Irish #257 in US
Kaden Kaden is a modern American coinage rather than an inherited name — it belongs to the rhyming set with Aiden, Jaden and Brayden, and the Arabic and Welsh origins offered for it were attached afterwards.
American #328 in US
Cayden Cayden charts in all seven markets we track and has no etymology at all — it belongs to the -aiden rhyming family invented in America in the 1990s, alongside Kaiden which is written up separately here.
American #414 in US
Jalen Jalen was invented for one child and spread from there — the usual account has a father building it from James and Leonard, and the calm and serenity meanings offered online are attached to that coinage.
American #443 in US
Lyam Lyam is a boy's name, a French respelling of Liam, itself a short form of the Irish Uilliam and so of William.
French #1,087 in US
Darren Darren has no established origin — it appears in twentieth-century America with no traceable parent, and the Irish and Gaelic derivations offered for it were attached after the fact.
American #1,133 in US
Timéo Timéo is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "to honor," a French form built on the same root as Timothy.
French 49,613 births
Elyo Elyo is a boy's name of very recent French coinage, generally read as a respelling of Elio, meaning "sun."
French 4,996 births

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