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Meaning of the nameCauan

Cauan is a spelling of the name Cauã, which means “Tupi name of the acauã, a bird of prey (Herpetotheres cachinnans)”.

Meaning

“Tupi name of the acauã, a bird of prey (Herpetotheres cachinnans)”

Meaning of the name Cauã, of which Cauan is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Cauã · Wiktionary: kaûã (Old Tupi)

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People (2022)
58,718
Rank in Brazil
#510
Median age
13 years
2010 Census
45,958
people

Cauan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cauan, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (32,171 people).

613 women 58,105 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Cauan is most common

States with the highest share of people named Cauan in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.049%
  2. Acre 0.049%
  3. Sergipe 0.034%
  4. Rondônia 0.034%
  5. Goiás 0.033%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo12,5280.028%
Bahia6,9120.049%
Minas Gerais6,0950.030%
Rio de Janeiro4,6750.029%
Pernambuco2,6080.029%
Paraná2,6070.023%
Santa Catarina2,5230.033%
Goiás2,3530.033%
Ceará2,2990.026%
Rio Grande do Sul2,0780.019%
Pará1,9370.024%
Maranhão1,8050.027%
Espírito Santo1,0840.028%
Amazonas1,0460.027%
Distrito Federal9120.032%
Mato Grosso9050.025%
Alagoas9050.029%
Paraíba8360.021%
Sergipe7540.034%
Mato Grosso do Sul7440.027%
Rio Grande do Norte7190.022%
Piauí7100.022%
Rondônia5320.034%
Tocantins4280.028%
Acre4030.049%
Roraima1810.028%
Amapá1390.019%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Cauan

Keeps the initial C and ends in -an instead of -ã.

About the name Cauã

Cauã comes from the Old Tupi kaûã, the name of the acauã (Herpetotheres cachinnans), a bird of prey. Wiktionary records the origin of the Tupi word itself as unknown, cites Navarro (2013) and lists Cauã as an etymological doublet of acauã. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 92,215 people named Cauã, most of them born in the 2000s. Kauã, Kauan, Cauan and Kawan write the same sound with K or W and with -ã or -an at the end.

Other spellings of Cauã

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kauan158,399
Kauã113,881
Cauã92,215
Cauan58,718
Kawan6,346

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Cauã · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: kaûã (Old Tupi) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: acauã · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Kauã · behindthename.com · spelling
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cauã · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Cauan

What does the name Cauan mean?

Cauan means “Tupi name of the acauã, a bird of prey (Herpetotheres cachinnans)”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Cauã, of which Cauan is a spelling.

How many people are named Cauan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 58,718 people with the first name Cauan, which ranks it number 510 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Cauan a boy's or a girl's name?

Cauan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 613 women and 58,105 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cauan?

Cauan is a name of Tupi origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cauan most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.049% of the state's population is named Cauan (6,912 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cauan?

Kauan, Kauã, Cauã and Kawan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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