Etymology

McCann

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac Cana
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Cana“son of Cana”
  2. English todayMcCann

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cana (“son of Cana”), a nickname from cana (“wolf cub”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.