Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Indian, American (Rare) Pronounced Pron. KAN-nun(Indian) KAN-ən(American) [key] Other Forms FormsKannan, Cannon, Kannon Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 9/27/2017 by Nifty_Name_Nerd Edited 12/9/2018 by Sofia Meaning & History As a Tamil word a variant of Kannan derived from an originally Sanskrit name for Krishna, the supreme god of the Hindi religion. In Tamil the name means "playful or merry." As an American name Kannen is a spelling variant of Cannon.
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