Given name
Kayvan
“a handsome man”
Kayvan is a variant of Kavan. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kayvan is a variant of Kavan. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kayvan is a variant of Kavan. An origin associated with Kavan is Irish.
Explained through its name family
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
Kayvan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 139
- 139 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 323 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kayvan
- Kayvan NovakBritish actorborn 1978
- Ken JebsenGerman radio host, conspiracy theorist and web content creatorborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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