in v5's yukiyama shoukougun, we have haruhi claiming she heard yuki call for
kyon. in response to this koizumi believes it was actually
yon (four) that was said. with that, subsequent events led to their escaping the trap set by the to-be-revealed-as-SCD. i believe this is tanigawa-sensei's first chronological allusion to the nature of kyon's given name, before v9's description of kyon's name by sasaki.
kyon is written in kana, and split into syllables it sounds something like this:
KI--YO--N (i know as much that
kyo is a contraction)
now, if we play with these syllables with the events of v5 in mind, we get this:
KI--YON
with the
yon meaning
four.
now, the kanji for the number four can be pronounced as
shi or
yon; the former - chinese in origin - bearing a negative connotation as it can also mean
death, the latter arising from the original japanese counting system (hitotsu=1, futatsu=2, mittsu=3,
yottsu=4). with that, i thought of replacing the
yon in kyon's name with
shi, since accdg to my interpretation of v5, the
four in kyon's name is significant. i got this:
KI--SHI
with me so far? okay, it so happens that
kishi is the jap word for
knight. (i know, the English term is loaded with cultural and religious influences reminiscent of Middle Age Europe, a life-scheme far removed from anything Japan has been through) with that for a derived clue we jump to v9, where Sasaki says, and i quote:
"Can you tell me the reason for having such a royal and imposing name?"
now,
knight seems to fit the bill, if we put it into context; a knight is a chosen warrior of royalty, a warrior above all else in terms of skill and nobility. kyon of course lacks in the said qualifications, but he is still someone who was
chosen by Suzumiya Haruhi, and that in itself is an imposing position.
in conclusion, i believe kyon's given name could contain kanji (i've learned that given names can vary from 1 to 3 kanji) that can be read as, or can mean
KISHI / KNIGHT.
overanalysis: i personally think we're looking at
Knight of God as a plausible transliteration for kyon's given name, if we consider koizumi's views regarding haruhi.