Kahn

K5A1H4N1

proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginLow German Kane ← Middle Low German kāne ← Old Saxon *kano →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from German.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*kanô“vessel, boat”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*kanō
  3. Old Saxon*kano
  4. Middle Low Germankāne
  5. Low GermanKane“small boat”
  6. EnglishKahn

* As a north German surname, from Low German Kane (“small boat”), from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-West Germanic *kanō, from Proto-Germanic *kanô (“vessel, boat”). * Also as a north German surname, from a short form of Kahnert, a variant of Konrad. * Among Jews, a Germanicised form of Cohen.

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APA

Kahn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kahn

MLA

“Kahn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kahn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kahn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kahn.

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