Given name & surname
Kavanaugh
“a follower of Kevin”
Kavanaugh is a variant of Kavanagh. One interpretation is “a follower of Kevin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kavanaugh is a variant of Kavanagh. One interpretation is “a follower of Kevin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kavanaugh is a form of Kavanagh. Kavanagh comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kavanaugh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 5 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 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,577 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.
Kavanaugh’s family of names
Kavanaugh has a related form in Kavanagh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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