Cavin

A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning handsome or cavern; a form of Cavin or Calvin.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cavin by the numbers

Cavin was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 56 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.

Other names that come from Calvin

Like Cavin, each of these traces back to Calvin: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Kalvinbald friend; a form of Calvin174 in the US (2017)
  • Calbald; a form of Caleb or Calvin157 in the US (2017)
  • Colvindark friend; a form of Calvin15 in the US (2017)
  • Calvynbald; a form of Calvin8 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cavin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Calvinbald; from the surname Calvin2,689 in the US (2017)
  • Cainacquired possession262 in the US (2017)
  • Cavanhollow or cave9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Calin32 in the US (2017)
  • Casin9 in the US (2017)
  • Covin7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cavin

Names that are said the same way as Cavin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kavinhandsome at birth; a form of Kevin95 in the US (2017)
  • Kavon37 in the US (2017)
  • Kayvon35 in the US (2017)
  • Kavan8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaven19 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiven12 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Cavin, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
  • Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cavin

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