Cannan - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Cannan \c(an)-nan\ is a variant of Canning (French), and the meaning of Cannan is "official of the church".

The baby name Cannan sounds like Cannon and Kannan. Other similar baby names are Tannan, Annan, Caelan, Calan, Callan, Canon, Canyon, Cavan, Chanan, Hanan, Channon, Connal, Conan, Conlan, Cronan, Donnan, Gannon, Janan, Caydan, Caidan, Cathan, Cahan, Kannon, Kannen, Kennan, Shannan, Tannon, Tannen and Tannin.

Cannan is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#41176 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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