Caymen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-man
- Origin
- English
Caymen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “caiman, a crocodilian”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Caymen mean?
English: spelling of Cayman; from the Cayman Islands, named after the caiman reptile
“caiman, a crocodilian”
Taken from the Cayman Islands, whose name comes from caiman, a Carib-derived word for a crocodile-like reptile.
Meaning borrowed from Cayman.
Is Caymen a girl's or a boy's name?
Caymen is a boys' name.
How popular is Caymen in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Caymen in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caymen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Nicknames for Caymen
- Cay
Names like Caymen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Cannon Aiden Kayden Deacon Keegan Camden Raiden Declan Braylen Rayden Ronan
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caymen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caymen, updated 20 October 2026.