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Kaine

Kaine: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“variant of Cain”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
KAYN · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys

Usually a spelling variant of Cain, the biblical name from Hebrew Qayin, traditionally linked with 'acquired' or 'smith'. This spelling is modern in English usage.

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How popular is Kaine?

202437.0 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 Kaine in 2024123

2024 rank#1,471 boys

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 18803,491

Kaine is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kaine

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Cainacquired, possessed · Hebrew
  • Kainacquired; spear · 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

Kaine questions

What does the name Kaine mean?

Kaine means "variant of Cain". It comes from Hebrew. Usually a spelling variant of Cain, the biblical name from Hebrew Qayin, traditionally linked with 'acquired' or 'smith'. This spelling is modern in English usage.

Is Kaine a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Kaine?

123 US babies were named Kaine in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Kaine?

Kaine 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.