A little late, but thought I would throw in my thought on Kaidans name...
Caden is an old irish surname that was come into forename usage. It means "Little Battle." It officially has several variants of spelling, Kaden, Kadan, Caiden and Cayden.
I think this is where they got the idea for the name Kaidan from. It is honestly used pretty often in modern times. My husband said he went to school up in Vermont with a Kaden and Caiden. One was actually girl.
Some history on the name:
The original name was McCadden, which was from an old Gaelic name Mac Cadáin. Mac Cadáin roughly translates to "Son of Cadán".
Cadán was taken from an even OLDER name Cathán.
Cathán is composed of elements from the Gaelic language. "Cath" is Gaelic for Battle, and "án" is a diminutive suffix, which is where is gets the meaning "Little Battle"
Modifié par AmyBA, 24 janvier 2011 - 10:03 .