Given name & surname
Kan
“a priest”
Kan is a variant of Kahn. One Hebrew interpretation is “a priest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kan is a variant of Kahn. One Hebrew interpretation is “a priest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kan is a variant of Kahn. An origin associated with Kahn is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,080 as a first name in 2020; 3,220 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kan’s family of names
Kan has a related form in Kahn. In Macedonian usage, Kan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Кан. In English usage, Kan as a surname has a related form in Kana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kan has relatives in 13 languages.
10 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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People named Kan
- Kan KikuchiJapanese writer and businessman (1888-1948)
- Kan KobayashiJapanese association football playerborn 1999
- Kan KikuchiJapanese association football playerborn 1977
- KanJapanese singer (1962–2023)
- Kan AbeJapanese politician1894–1946
- Kan ShimozawaJapanese writer (1892-1968)
- Kan MikamiJapanese actorborn 1950
- Kan IshiiJapanese composer (1921–2009)
- Kan TakahamaJapanese mangakaborn 1977
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