Cain

See also: cain, -cain-, caín, Caín, Caïn, càin, cáin, and Cáin

English

Titian's Cain and Abel (1542-4)

Etymology

From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”), present since Old English.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keɪn/, [kʰeɪn]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪn
Homophones: Caine, cane, Kain, Kane

Proper noun

Cain

(biblical) The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.
According to the Book of Jubilees Cain got married to his sister Awan.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:8, column 2:
  And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to paſſe when they were in the field, that Cain roſe vp againſt Abel his brother, and ſlew him.
(rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
A surname.

Derived terms

apple of Cain
Cain-colored
Cain complex
Cainian
Cainish
Cainism
Cainite
Cainitic
Cain-like
mark of Cain
raise Cain
what in Cain

Translations

son of Adam and Eve

Afrikaans: Kain
Arabic: قَابِيل (ar) m (qābīl), قَايِين m (qāyīn)
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܩܐܝܢ
Armenian: Կայեն (hy) (Kayen)
Belarusian: Ка́ін m (Káin)
Bengali: কাবিল (bn) (kabil) (Islam)
Bulgarian: Ка́ин m (Káin)
Catalan: Caín (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 該隱／该隐 (zh) (Gāiyǐn)
Czech: Kain (cs) m
Danish: Kain c
Dutch: Kaïn (nl) m
Ewe: Kain
Faroese: Káin m
Finnish: Kain
French: Caïn (fr) m
Georgian: კაენი (ḳaeni)
German: Kain (de) m
Greek: Κάιν (el) m (Káin)
Ancient: Κάϊν (Káïn)
Hebrew: קַ֔יִן (he) m (káyin)
Irish: Cáin m
Italian: Caino m
Japanese: カイン (Kain)
Korean: 카인 (Kain)
Latin: Cain m, Caīnus m
Macedonian: Каин m (Kain)
Maltese: Kajin m
Manx: Cain m
Ngazidja Comorian: Kabila
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Kain m
Old English: Cāin
Persian: قابیل (fa) (qâbil)
Polish: Kain (pl) m
Portuguese: Caim (pt) m
Romanian: Cain m
Russian: Ка́ин (ru) m (Káin)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ка̀јин m

Roman: Kàjin (sh) m
Spanish: Caín (es) m
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: Kain (sv)
Telugu: హంతకుడు (te) (hantakuḍu)
Turkish: Kabil (tr)
Ukrainian: Ка́їн m (Kájin)
Vietnamese: Ca-in

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Cain is the 551^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 60,948 individuals. Cain is most common among White (77.21%) and Black (17.00%) individuals.

See also

Anagrams

Inca, NACI, NIAC, Nica, inca

Old English

Etymology

From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”)

Proper noun

Cain m

(biblical) Cain, the brother of Abel and the first murderer

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