Given name
Cuinn
“an intelligent man”
Cuinn is used as a given name. One Celtic interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Celtic interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Celtic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cuinn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 76 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 11 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 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cuinn’s family of names
Cuinn has a related form in Cuin. Cuinn has a related form in Cuine. Cuinn has a related form in Cuinne.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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