Caden (given name)

Caden is a given name in English speaking countries that is most commonly used for males. Its popularity is also increased by the popularity of similar-sounding names such as Aidan, Braden, Hayden, and Jadon.^[2][3]

The name is also probably derived from the Old English or Anglo-Saxon name Cade, meaning "strength" "round" or "gentle" in Old English.^[4][5]

Another possible origin for the name is it is derived from the Welsh name Cadell, meaning "loyalty" "resilience" "Warring" or "spirit of battle" and/or "spirit of war".^[6][7] Cad, meaning "war" or "battle" in Welsh.

The name is also probably derived from the Irish names Cathán^[8][9] and Callan,^[10][11] both meaning "battle" in Irish and Scottish, and the surnames Mac Cadáin or McCadden, both meaning "son of Cadán" in Irish and Scottish, names possibly derived from the Old Irish “cath”, from Proto-Celtic “*katus”, meaning “battle”.

The name has several alternative spellings.

In the Arabic language the name usually begins with the letter K and is spelled as Kaden, Kadeen, Kadein, Kadin, Kadyn, Kaeden, Kaedin, Kaedon, Kaedyn, Kaidan, Kaiden, Kaidin, Kaydan and Kayden, Khaden.^[12]

In English and Celtic languages the name can begin with either the Letter C or K and is spelled as Cadan, Caedan, Caden, Caedon, Caedyn, Caydn, Caiden, Cadon, Caidon, Caydan, Cayden, Kadan, Kaden, Kadeen, Kadein, Kadin, Kadyn, Kaedan, Kaeden, Kaedin, Kaedon, Kaedyn, Kaidan, Kaiden, Kyden, Kaidin, Kaydan and Kayden.^[13]

• Caden Clark (born 2003), American soccer player
• Caden Cunningham (born 2003), British taekwondo practitioner
• Caden Dana (born 2003), American baseball player
• Caden Durham, American football player
• Caden Grice (born 2002), American baseball player
• Caden Kelly (born 2003), English footballer
• Caden Manson, American art director
• Caden McLoughlin (born 2005), Costa Rican footballer
• Caden Pierce (born 2003), American basketball player
• Caden Shields (born 1988), New Zealand runner
• Caden Stafford (born 2003), American soccer player
• Caden Sterns (born 1999), American football player
• Caden Tomy (born 2001/2002), Canadian soccer player
• Caden Veltkamp, American football player

• Cayden Boyd (born 1994), American actor
• Cayden Dawson (born 2006), Canadian ice dancer
• Cayden Green (born 2004), American football player
• Cayden Lapcevich (born 1999), American stock car racing driver
• Cayden Lee (born 2004), American football player
• Cayden Primeau (born 1999), American ice hockey player
• Cayden Wallace (born 2001), American baseball player

• Kaden (name)