Canavan

name

name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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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