Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Caz is a diminutive of Carol. Carol comes from Latin, and ultimately from Romanian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Caz is a diminutive of Carol.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 165
- 165 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,770 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,770 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 222 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Caz’s family of names
In English usage, Caz is a diminutive of Carol.
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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