Given name & surname

Kazan

“a creative man”

Kazan is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a creative man.”

Original GreekΚαζάν

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Greek interpretation is “a creative man.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.

How it developed

From Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “jewish cantor”), from Turkish Kazan, from Greek Καζάν.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kazan’s family of names

Kazan has a related form in Kazen. Kazan has a related form in Kazin. Kazan has a related form in Kazon.

Walk Kazan’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 6

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

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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