The kant Surname
kant Name Meaning and History
- German: topographic name for a person living on the edge of a settlement or in a corner, from Middle Low German kant(e) ‘edge’, ‘corner’.
- German: habitational name from any of various places called Kant in Prussia, or from Kanth, near Wroclaw (Breslau) in Silesia.
- Indian (northern states): Hindu name from Sanskrit kanta ‘beloved’. This occurs frequently as the final element of compound given names such as Lakshmikant ‘beloved of Lakshmi’ (an epithet of the god Vishnu) and Rajanikant ‘beloved of the night’ (an epithet of the moon).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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