Can Family History
Can Name Meaning
Turkish: ornamental name or nickname from can ‘soul life’ also ‘agreeable’ figuratively ‘beloved friend’. Vietnamese (Cấn): from the Chinese surname 靳 see Jin Vietnamese (Cần): unexplained. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 陳 based on its Cantonese pronunciation see Chen Amerindian (Mexico Guatemala and Belize): Mayan name from a Castilianized form of kan ‘snake’ (compare Chan ). Scottish and English: probably a shortened variant of McCann .7: English: variant of Cann .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022