Cason

See also: ĉason

English

Alternative forms

• (modern given name) Casen, Cayson, Kaison, Kasen, Kason, Kaysen, Kayson

Etymology

As an English surname, a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk. Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetan form of casa (“house”).

Proper noun

Cason

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
   • 2016, Verna Lloyd, Within Sight, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

     I named him Cason; it was my grandfather's middle name and the second that he was born, I could see that it suited him.

Usage notes

• The given name used since the 1960s appears in many spellings indicating that the name may be a coinage, based on "K + son", or to rhyme with Jason.

Anagrams

• Canso, Coans, Oscan, ascon, canso, scano