Kannan

Where Kannan comes from

Transliteration of Tamil கண்ணன் (kaṇṇaṉ) and Malayalam കണ്ണൻ (kaṇṇaṉ).
— Wiktionary's entry for Kannan
  • Tamil
  • Malayalam
Along the way
  1. 1998
    First appearance
    #8,479 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2018
    Peak, #3,993
    26 babies named Kannan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #6,469.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Tamil or Malayalam.
Namesakes

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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.