Cavan is a name used as a given name or surname. It is an anglicized version of Caoimhín and variant of Kevan. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Caomhán of Inisheer (may have died in 865), anglicised as Cavan, an Irish saint Cavan Biggio (born 1995), American baseball player Cavan Clerkin (born 1972), British actor and filmmaker Cavan Scott (born 1973), English comic writer and author Cavan Sullivan (born 2009), American soccer player
Surname Gilbert Cavan (died 1420), Irish cleric Harry Cavan (1916–2000), Irish football executive Mike Cavan (born 1948), American football player and coach Ruth Shonle Cavan (1896–1993), American sociologist
See also Earl of Cavan, a title in the Peerage of Ireland Cavan (disambiguation)