Kanan

Where Kanan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kanan.

Kanan through the years
  1. 1949
    Kanan Makiya born
    Iraqi-American academic and orientalist
  2. 1979
    Kanan Minami born
    Japanese manga artist
  3. 1991
    First appearance
    #7,271 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1991
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2022
    Peak, #993
    225 babies named Kanan, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kanan Minami · Japanese manga artist, born 1979
  • Kanan Makiya · Iraqi-American academic and orientalist, born 1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.