Canavan
English
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Etymology
editReduced 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.
Proper noun
editCanavan (plural Canavans)
- A surname from Irish.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Canavan is the 9836th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3290 individuals. Canavan is most common among White (94.29%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Canavan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278.
- Forebears
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Canavan.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCanavan m or f by sense
- an English surname
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French nouns with multiple genders
- French masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- French surnames