Given name & surname

Cant

Cant is a surname from German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cant comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cant’s family of names

In English usage, Cant as a surname has a related form in Kant.

Walk Cant’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Cant, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Kast

“hoe, mattock”

No U.S. birth series

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German

Katz

“righteous priest”

No U.S. birth series

25% boys · 75% girls

German

Các

“a free man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

German

Kampe

“field”

No U.S. birth series

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Lower Sorbian

Koth

“tomcat”

No U.S. birth series

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German

Kantzer

Kantzer is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Cander

Cander is a masculine given name from German.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

German

Kainz

Kainz is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Cant’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Cant

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