Meaning of the nameKauan

Male
Tupi origin
Kau-an

Kauan 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 Kauan is a spelling.

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

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People (2022): 158,399
Rank in Brazil: #212
Median age: 13 years
2010 Census: 69,394; people

Kauan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kauan, 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 (80,315 people).

1,601 women 156,798 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 Kauan is most common

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

Paraná 0.107%
Tocantins 0.104%
Rondônia 0.103%
Goiás 0.102%
Mato Grosso 0.101%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	37,405	0.084%
Minas Gerais	15,361	0.075%
Paraná	12,229	0.107%
Bahia	11,407	0.081%
Rio de Janeiro	11,061	0.069%
Goiás	7,216	0.102%
Santa Catarina	7,140	0.094%
Pernambuco	6,319	0.070%
Maranhão	5,920	0.087%
Rio Grande do Sul	5,641	0.052%
Pará	5,251	0.065%
Ceará	5,242	0.060%
Mato Grosso	3,681	0.101%
Espírito Santo	3,167	0.083%
Paraíba	2,705	0.068%
Piauí	2,332	0.071%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,251	0.082%
Alagoas	2,059	0.066%
Distrito Federal	2,002	0.071%
Sergipe	1,928	0.087%
Amazonas	1,715	0.044%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,677	0.051%
Rondônia	1,629	0.103%
Tocantins	1,567	0.104%
Acre	705	0.085%
Roraima	467	0.073%
Amapá	322	0.044%

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

The spelling Kauan

This is the most common spelling in the group: it replaces the C with K and the final ã with -an, without changing the pronunciation.

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

Spelling	People (2022)
Kauan	158,399
Kauã	113,881
Cauã	92,215
Cauan	58,718
Kawan	6,346

Sources

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

Questions about the name Kauan

What does the name Kauan mean?

Kauan 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 Kauan is a spelling.

How many people are named Kauan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 158,399 people with the first name Kauan, which ranks it number 212 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Kauan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,601 women and 156,798 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kauan?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kauan most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.107% of the state's population is named Kauan (12,229 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kauan?

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

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