Caden is a given name popular in the United States

United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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 in recent years. It is used for both boys and girls, but is currently most popular for boys. It is possibly derived from the surname Mac Cadáin, meaning "son of Cadán", a name possibly derived from the Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 name Cathán, meaning "battle." It is a name with multiple alternate spellings, including, but not limited to: Cadan, Caedan, Caeden, Caedyn, Caydan, Cayden, Kadan, Kaden, Kaedan, Kaeden, Kaedyn, Kaydan, Kayden. Its popularity is also increased by the popularity of similar sounding names such as Aidan, Braden

Braden (given name)

Braden is a name popular in the United States and Canada in recent years. It is derived from the Irish surname Ó Bradáin, meaning descendant of Bradán...

, Hayden

Hayden (given name)

Hayden is a given name in the English language. The name is variant of the given name Haydn, which is derived from the surname Haydn in honour of composer Josef Haydn . The surname Haydn originated as a respelling of the nickname Heiden, meaning "heathen"...

, and Jaden.