English: from an Old Breton personal name, derived from an
element meaning ‘high’, ‘mighty’, which was introduced into England by
followers of William the Conqueror and subsequently into Ireland,
where it still has some currency as a personal name.Scottish:
habitational name from a place in Kincardineshire. The place name is
of uncertain origin, possibly from an early Celtic name, Conona
‘hound stream’.
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