Is Cason in the Bible? No, It Comes from an English Place Name



  • No one named Cason appears in the Bible, and the name has no Hebrew meaning.
  • Cason comes from an English surname taken from the place name Cawston, from the Old Norse name Kálfr and the Old English tun, “enclosure, town.”
  • Cawston in Norfolk, “Kálfr’s settlement,” is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
  • The meaning “alert” or “watchful,” and derivations from Carson, Cassius or the Hebrew qatsin, “commander,” are not supported by name references.
  • Cason came into use because it sounds like Mason and Jason; Jason of Thessalonica appears in Acts 17:5–9 and Romans 16:21.
  • Cason entered the US top 1,000 in 2002 and peaked at 424th in 2014; the spelling Kason is now more common.

No one named Cason appears in the Bible. Cason is an English surname that became a boy’s name in the United States around 2000. The surname comes from Cawston, an English place name meaning “Kálfr’s settlement,” and it has no Hebrew or biblical meaning. Is Cason in the Bible? Cason is an English name, formed long after the Bible was written. Behind the Name says it came into use in the early 21st century because it sounds like two popular…

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