Caynen

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

Caynen by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Caynen

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 Caynen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cainenpossessor, one who acquires; a form of Cainan50 in the US (2017)
  • Caynespear; a variant spelling of Cain16 in the US (2017)
  • Cayden1,565 in the US (2017)
  • Caysen162 in the US (2017)
  • Caylen20 in the US (2017)
  • Cannen11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Caynen

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

  • Canaanland of low-lying areas; biblical place name324 in the US (2017)
  • Kanannest or place of reeds18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kanonrule, law94 in the US (2017)
  • Kanaanmerchant; variant spelling of canaan80 in the US (2017)
  • Cainanpossessor, one who acquires40 in the US (2017)
  • Kannanepithet of Krishna; one who plays the flute20 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Caynen

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