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Latin spelling of Καιν (Kain), a Greek form of the Hebrew name קָיִן (Qayin) meaning 'acquired' [1]
Kain | ♂ |
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Kaín | ♂ |
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- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Kain |
Genitive: | Kains |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Kain |
Genitive: | Kainin |
Partitive: | Kainia |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Kain |
Genitive: | Kains |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Kain |
Genitive: | Kains |
Kain is the brother of Abel and the son of Adam and Eva in the Old Testament. After God accepted his brother's offering of meat instead of his offering of plant-based foods, Kain killed Abel and was banished to be a wanderer.
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[3] |
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10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
Finland[4] |
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n.a. |
34 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
34 |
Denmark[5] |
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5 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
5 | n.a. |
Norway[6] |
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5 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
5 | n.a. |
Greenland[7] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Kain.