The kan Surname
kan Name Meaning and History
- Chinese
: spelling variant of Jian. - Chinese
: from the name of a place called Kan which
existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc) in
the state of Lu, in present-day Shandong province. Some residents
adopted the place name as their surname. - Chinese
: variant of Gan 1. - Czech (Kán): from kanit meaning ‘to slobber or slaver’ and by extension ‘to gossip’, hence a nickname for a gossip.
- Czech: nickname from káne ‘buzzard’.
- German: derivative of the personal name Konrad.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): one of the many forms of Cohen.
- Dutch: from Middle Dutch kan(ne), can(ne) ‘tankard’, ‘flagon’, ‘pitcher’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such vessels: a potter or a pewterer.
- Reduced form of Dutch van de Kan: habitational name for someone from De Kan in Veurne or a place called Kanne.
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