Given name & surname
Caven
“a handsome man”
Caven is a variant of Cavan. One interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caven is a variant of Cavan. One interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Caven is a form of Cavan. Cavan comes from Irish, and ultimately from Cebuano.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caven through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 282
- 282 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,880 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,880 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 301 as a first name in 2020; 732 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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