Given name & surname
Kadin
“a beloved companion”
Kadin is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved companion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved companion.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kadin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,253
- 5,074 boys · 179 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 516 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #3,994 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,994 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 35.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 490 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,586 as a first name in 2020; 260 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.
Kadin’s family of names
Kadin has a related form in Kaden. Kadin has a related form in Kaden. Kadin has a related form in Kayden.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kaydenvariant
- Kadenvariant
- Kaedenvariant
- Kadynvariant
- Kaydinvariant
- Kadonvariant
- Kadanvariant
- Kaedinvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kadin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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