Meaning & origin
What it means
MacCann goes back to Scottish Gaelic Mac Cana, meaning “sons of Cana.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic Mac Cana (“sons of Cana”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
MacCann’s family of names
In English usage, MacCann as a surname has a related form in MCCANN.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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