Cuan
Boy · KOO-an · Irish
Big in Northern Ireland
Cuan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little hound”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies).
What does Cuan mean?
Irish: from Irish Cuan, a diminutive of cu, 'hound'
“little hound”
The Irish word cuan also means 'harbour', as in Strangford Lough's Irish name, Loch Cuan.
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Is Cuan a girl's or a boy's name?
Cuan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cuan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,055among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 480% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Cuan, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
2025 had the most boys named Cuan of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Cuan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales and 90th in Northern Ireland.
Cuan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
Names like Cuan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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