What does Cain mean?

Cain means "lance, spear; little"

How do we pronounce Cain?

Cain \cai(n), ca-in\ is a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Cain is pronounced KEYN in English 1.

1 Pronunciation for Cain: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

What is the origin of Cain?

Cain's origin is Hebrew and Celtic, and its use, English and Welsh. Biblical name: From Hebrew roots, its meaning is 'lance, spear'. Qáyin (Hebrew) is an older form of Cain. In the Bible, Cain was the first son of Adam and Eve; he killed his brother Abel out of jealousy. Cain is a variant of Kane name variations (English and Irish). Cain has 14 variants that are used in both English and foreign languages.

Variants used in English include nicknames for Caen, name Caene origin, Caine meaning of name, Caín pronounciation, name Cane origin, Cayn name popularity, Cayne name variations, Kaine name variations, and meaning of Kayne. Foreign variants of Cain include name Caïn origin (French), Kabil definition (Turkish), meaning of Kain (German), name Qayel (Ethiopian), and name Qayen origin (Ethiopian). Cain is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2010, 0.010% of baby boys were given the name Cain. Its ranking then was #958. In 2010, within the group of boy names directly linked to Cain, baby name Kane was the most regularly used. The name was twice as popular as Cain in that year.

List of baby names that sound like Cain:

name Caine, Cane meaning of name, Cayn name popularity, name Cayne (English), meaning of Kain (German), Kaine meaning of name (English and Irish), Kayn meaning of name, Kayne name variations (English and Irish), name Keyne origin, Cadmo definition, Caen definition, name Caene origin, baby name Cahn, name Caín origin, Caïn meaning of name (French), name Cam meaning (English and Vietnamese), name Camm origin, Canh name popularity, baby name Cene (English), and Céin meaning.

The baby name Cain fun facts:

The name Cain in reverse order is "Niac".

The numerological value of the name Cain is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Cain?

Cain is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.02%
20130.02%
20120.02%
20110.01%
20100.01%
20090.01%
20080.01%
20070.01%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames