Cann Family History
Cann Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name from Cann a place in Dorset named from Old English canna ‘can cup’ used in the transferred sense of a deep valley or a topographic name from the same word used elsewhere in southwestern England. Alternatively from Middle English canne ‘can vessel’ perhaps a metonymic occupational name denoting a maker of vessels for holding liquids. Irish: shortened form of McCann . Americanized form of German Kann and Kahn .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022