Given name & surname
Cap
“a chaplain”
Cap is a variant of Capp. One French interpretation is “a chaplain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cap is a variant of Capp. One French interpretation is “a chaplain.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cap is a variant of Capp. An origin associated with Capp is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cap through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104
- 104 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1885
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1885. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 176 as a first name in 2020; 935 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cap’s family of names
Cap has a related form in Capp. In English usage, Cap is a shortened form of CAPTAIN.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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