Given name & surname
Kavan
“a handsome man”
Kavan is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kavan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 885
- 885 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,197 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,197 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 823 as a first name in 2020; 542 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.
Kavan’s family of names
Kavan has a related form in Kavon. Kavan has a related form in Kavin. Kavan has a related form in Kayvon.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kayvonvariant
- Kavonvariant
- Kavinvariant
- Kavenvariant
- Kayvenvariant
- Kavynvariant
- Kayvinvariant
- Kayvanvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kavan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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