Cavan

See also: cavan and caván

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Irish an Cabhán.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.vən/

• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

Cavan

2. A county of Ireland.
4. The county town of County Cavan, Ireland (Irish grid ref H 4104).
5. A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
6. A northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
7. A commune in Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.

Translations

county in the Republic of Ireland

• Galician: Cavan
• German: Cavan (de)
• Irish: An Cabhán m, Contae an Chabháin m
• Macedonian: Каван m (Kavan)
• Russian: Ка́ван m (Kávan)

county town of County Cavan

• Galician: Cavan
• German: Cavan (de)
• Irish: An Cabhán m
• Macedonian: Каван m (Kavan)
• Russian: Ка́ван m (Kávan)

Etymology 2

Various origins:

• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caomháin (“descendant of Caomhán”), a diminutive form of the personal name Caomh.
• Borrowed from Cebuano Cavan, a surname of unexplained origin.

Proper noun

Cavan (plural Cavans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cavan is the 37125^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 601 individuals. Cavan is most common among White (58.57%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (26.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cavan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306.