Cavon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cavon by the numbers

Cavon was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Cavon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Cavanhollow or cave9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cavinhandsome or cavern; a form of Cavin or Calvin17 in the US (2017)
  • Calonheart4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cason572 in the US (2017)
  • Canon118 in the US (2017)
  • Caton6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cavon

Names that are said the same way as Cavon, 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)

Names about as common as Cavon

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