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Kain

Kain: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“acquired; spear”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
KAYN · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys

Kain is a spelling variant of Cain. The biblical name is traditionally linked with Hebrew qanah 'to acquire'; some sources also note possible association with a word for 'spear'.

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How popular is Kain?

202433.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kain in 2024109

2024 rank#1,583 boys

Peak year2016

Total US babies since 18803,655

Kain has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Kain

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Cainacquired, possessed · Hebrew
  • Kainevariant of Cain · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew

Kain questions

What does the name Kain mean?

Kain means "acquired; spear". It comes from Hebrew. Kain is a spelling variant of Cain. The biblical name is traditionally linked with Hebrew qanah 'to acquire'; some sources also note possible association with a word for 'spear'.

Is Kain a boy or girl name?

Kain is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kain?

109 US babies were named Kain in 2024. Its peak year was 2016.

How do you pronounce Kain?

Kain is usually pronounced KAYN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.