Meaning & origin
Caín’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Caín has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form Cain. In Spanish usage, Caín has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Kain. In Spanish usage, Caín has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form CAIM.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Caín has relatives in 21 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Caín comes from · 1 name
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- קיןHebrew
- CainRomanian, Romansh
- KainSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- КаїнUkrainian
- KajinSerbo-Croatian
- КаинRussian
- CaimPortuguese
- CainoItalian
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People named Caín
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Caín, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Kohn
Kohn is a surname with more than one origin.
84% boys · 16% girls
Cohn
“priest”
73% boys · 27% girls
Katan
“that small one” · “toward smallness”
59% boys · 41% girls
Kaplun
Kaplun is a surname from Hebrew.
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Katz
“righteous priest”
25% boys · 75% girls
Keim
“existing, enduring, tough”
50% boys · 50% girls
Cush
71% boys · 29% girls
Cadmiel
“standing before God, God is first”
98% boys · 2% girls