Canavan
name
name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceanndubháin (“descendant of Ceanndubhán”), a personal name composed of the elements ceann (“head”), dubh (“black”) and the diminutive suffix -án.
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