Given name & surname

Connan

Connan is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Connan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Connan through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1985
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19850.0
Connan in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1985–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Connan’s family of names

Connan may belong to the same name family as Conan. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Connan’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

People named Connan

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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

Irish

Kory

“from the hollow; of the churning waters”

31RareEasing

82% boys · 18% girls

 

Korey

“from the hollow; of the churning waters”

33RareEasing

86% boys · 14% girls

Gaelic

Keenan

“a small woman” · “of an ancient family”

44UncommonEasing

>99% boys

Mythological

Cory

“from the hollow; of the churning waters” · “of the heart”

45UncommonEasing

94% boys · 6% girls

Spanish

Cortez

“a courteous man”

39RareEasing

>99% boys

English

Coleman

“one who burns charcoal; resembling a dove”

44UncommonEasing

>99% boys

Latin · Mythological

Jovan

Jovan is a masculine given name. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

39RareEasing

>99% boys

Irish

Corey

“from the hollow; of the churning waters”

53UncommonEasing

96% boys · 4% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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