What does the name Kian mean?

Kian means "King, ancient, grace of God". It is a boy's name of Persian origin.

Kian

Kian means King, ancient, grace of God.

Gender	boy
Origin	Persian
Language	Multi-regional
Starts with	K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “King, ancient, grace of God”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Kiaan — Ancient, king
Alexander — From Ancient Greek Aléxandros — 'to defend' + 'man' — traditionally 'defender of man'
Kiyana — Ancient, time, God
Lucas — From Ancient Greek Loukâs, via Latin Lucas
Vaishali — Of ancient city Vaishali, prosperous
Purva — Eastern, first, ancient

More boys' names of Persian origin

Taimur — Iron, strong
Avaan — Coming, arrived
Avan — Wind, air
Rounak — Brightness, charm, beauty
Zubin — Short spear, one with honour

Where this comes from

Kian has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.