Kavan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Kavan by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Kavan. In the US, 23 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kavan
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 Kavan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kanannest or place of reeds18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kavinhandsome at birth; a form of Kevin95 in the US (2017)
- Kaanrespected ruler; khan23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kevanhandsome; a form of Kevin3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Karanmaker or creator8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kauanfrom the forest; a Brazilian indigenous name12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kavan
Names that are said the same way as Kavan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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