Explore / Given name & surname Given name & surname
Caen Caen is used as a given name and a surname.
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Mostly boys
80% boysBased on U.S. population records 20% girls
People named Caen in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin Where it comes from Caen is a variant of Cain. An origin associated with Cain is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story Caen is a variant of Cain. The history of Cain gives this family its wider story. In biblical stories, Cain is associated with Adam and Eve's first son.
Explained through its name family
Caen Cain The ring: nicknames and forms.
Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.
Nicknames & forms 1 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names If you love Caen, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Biblical Hebrew · Biblical >99% boys
“one who is tertile; productive”
>99% boys
“the little bald one” · “dove”
>99% boys
Biblical Hebrew · Biblical >99% boys
Biblical Hebrew · Biblical Aäron is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Dutch.
>99% boys
Biblical Hebrew · Biblical Åns is a masculine given name from Middle Low German, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Polabian.
>99% boys
“the supplanter” · “he who supplants”
—
Sibling ideas Names that share Caen’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.