Kayen
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Kayen by the numbers
Kayen was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Kayen
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 Kayen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kayen
Names that are said the same way as Kayen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kanewarrior; tribute940 in the US (2017)
- Cainacquired possession262 in the US (2017)
- Kainespear; a variant of Cain or Kane200 in the US (2017)
- Kainspear; a variant spelling of Kane or Cain167 in the US (2017)
- Kaynespear warrior; modern spelling of cain or kane80 in the US (2017)
- Cainea form of Cain; acquired or possession64 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kayen
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