Kann Family History
Kann Name Meaning
German Danish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German Middle Low German Danish kanne German Kanne ‘jug flagon’ (from Latin canna) hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of jugs or in some cases possibly a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or tavern distinguished by the sign of a flagon. Austrian German: from a short form of the personal name Candidus. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Cohen .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022