# Cavan (name)

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**Cavan** is a name used as a given name or surname. It is an anglicized version of *Caoimhín* and variant of [Kevan](/source/Kevan). Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

- [Caomhán of Inisheer](/source/Caomh%C3%A1n_of_Inisheer) (may have died in 865), anglicised as Cavan, an Irish saint
- [Cavan Biggio](/source/Cavan_Biggio) (born 1995), American baseball player
- [Cavan Clerkin](/source/Cavan_Clerkin) (born 1972), British actor and filmmaker
- [Cavan Scott](/source/Cavan_Scott) (born 1973), English comic writer and author
- [Cavan Sullivan](/source/Cavan_Sullivan) (born 2009), American soccer player

## Surname

- [Gilbert Cavan](/source/Gilbert_Cavan) (died 1420), Irish cleric
- [Harry Cavan](/source/Harry_Cavan) (1916–2000), Irish football executive
- [Mike Cavan](/source/Mike_Cavan) (born 1948), American football player and coach
- [Ruth Shonle Cavan](/source/Ruth_Shonle_Cavan) (1896–1993), American sociologist

## See also

- [Earl of Cavan](/source/Earl_of_Cavan), a title in the Peerage of Ireland
- [Cavan (disambiguation)](/source/Cavan_(disambiguation))

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