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The first name 
Cayson

Cayson is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.

Cayson is a common name for boys!

The name Cayson 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, Cayson ranks 616. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 2 were named Cayson. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Cayson.

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

What does the name 
Cayson mean?

Cayson is one of multiple variants of Cason. It was originally an English surname meaning “calf enclosure” or “calf town”, derived from the place name Cawston.

Even though... the name looks like it, Cayson is not a patronymic name like Jackson, meaning 'son of Jack' in this case.

Cayson -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Cayson, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 39 states are home to men and boys named Cayson. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few men and boys named Cayson living in one state or another. If your name is Cayson and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Mississippi, which has the most people named Cayson relative to the population, you still have to ask 10,810 men and boys their names before you hear Cayson as an answer just once.

Cayson 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 Cayson 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.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Cayson

If your name is Cayson 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 Cayson

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

Cat

Apple

Yoyo

Sun

Orange

Nut

This is how the name Cayson 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 Cayson in Braille?

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

Cayson

Cayson

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

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A
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S
O
N

Have you ever waved the name Cayson

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
Y
S
O
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. Cayson sounds like this: