Kauan
A boys’ name of Tupi origin, meaning from the forest; a Brazilian indigenous name.
Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Kauan by the numbers
Kauan was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 49 babies in 2009, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kauan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kauan
Names that are said the same way as Kauan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Kauan, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
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