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The first name 
Caiden

Caiden is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.

Caiden – popular and common in the US!

The name Caiden isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Caiden ranks 318. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 6 were named Caiden. In the entire USA, approximately 20,817 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Caiden. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Caiden

What does the name 
Caiden mean?

Caiden is a modern variant of the name Caden, which is of Welsh origin and means ‘battle’ or ‘spirit of battle.’

Caiden has been used.. as a given name since the late 20th century.

Caiden has 6 letters 
and begins with a C

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for boys’ names. This is because 5.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D.

With six letters, the name Caiden is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

With 5.2% of all boys' names that begin with a C, this first letter is thus much more common than the average of all letters. And which boys’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Charles.

Other names with 
C, a, i, d, e and n

If you take all the letters in the name Caiden – C, a, i, d, e and n – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Caedin or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Caiden

If your name is Caiden and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Caiden

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Caiden, you can simply say:

Cat

Apple

Igloo

Dinosaur

Elephant

Nut

This is how the name Caiden is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Caiden in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Caiden

Caiden

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Caiden

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Caiden is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

C
A
I
D
E
N

Have you ever waved the name Caiden

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

C
A
I
D
E
N

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Caiden sounds like this: