Name

Name CAN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 5,478 births of Can in the countries below, which represents an average of 39 births of children bearing the first name Can per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 435 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Can
In Italiano

Nome Can

Available variant : Çan

Information about the first name Can

The first name Can has been assigned to:

98.67% to boys
1.33% to girls

The country where the first name Can is the most common is:

Germany

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 3 letters including 1 vowel and 2 consonants

Can in Japanese ^*

Romaji	kan
Katakana	カン
Hiragana	かん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Origin and meaning of name Can

English

Etymology

Abbreviation

Etymology

From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.

Etymology

From Middle English canne, from Old English canne (“glass, container, cup, can”), from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard, mug, cup”).

Etymology (Alternative forms)

canne (obsolete)
kin (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology (Pronunciation)

(stressed)
enPR: kăn
(Received Pronunciation, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈkæn/, [ˈkʰan], [ˈkʰæn]
(General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæn/, [ˈkʰæn], [ˈkʰɛən ~ ˈkʰeən] (see /æ/ raising)
(Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈkɛn/
(New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɛn/, [ˈkʰɛˑn]
Rhymes: -æn
(unstressed)
IPA(key): /kən/, [kʰən], [kʰn̩]

Etymology (Pronunciation notes)

Some US dialects that glottalize the final /t/ in can’t ([kæn(ʔ)]), in order to differentiate can’t from can, pronounce can as /kɛn/ even when stressed.

Etymology (Proper noun)

CAN
(computing, manufacturing, automotive) Abbreviation of Controller Area Network., ISO standards 11898, 11898-1, 11898-2, and its predecessor standards.

Etymology (Pronunciation)

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kăn, IPA(key): /ˈkæn/
Rhymes: -æn
(General Australian, Southern England) IPA(key): /ˈkæːn/
(æ-tensing) IPA(key): [ˈkeən]

Etymology (Proper noun)

CAN
(initialism) The Andean Community of Nations.

Etymology (Verb)

can (third-person singular simple present cans, present participle canning, simple past and past participle canned)
To seal in a can.
To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
(transitive, slang) To shut up.
(US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
(golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.
(transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.

Anagrams

ANC, CNA, NAC, NCA

Given name (Middle name)

Coşkun Can Aktan (born 1963), Turkish professor of economics
Asım Can Gündüz (1955–2016), Turkish rock and blues guitarist
Eyüp Can Sağlık, known as Eyüp Can (journalist) (born 1973), Turkish journalist
Ömer Can Sokullu (born 1988), Turkish footballer
Bahtiyar Can Vanlı (born 1962), German-Turkish football coach

Surname (Cans)

Joacim Cans (born 1970), member of the Swedish band HammerFall

Middle English

Etymology (Noun)

can
Alternative form of canne

Etymology (Verb)

can
Alternative form of cunnen

French

Proper noun

Can f
Acronym of Coupe d'Afrique des nations.; AFCON

General

Etymology

From can.

Etymology

Spanish CAN

Proper noun

Can
Alternative spelling of Can.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognate with Catalan ca, Portuguese cão.

Noun

can m (plural canes)
(formal) dog, hound
Synonyms: perro, (colloquial) chucho

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkan/ [ˈkãn]
(Castilian)
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: can

Proper noun

CAN ?
Abbreviation of Comunidad Andina de Naciones.

Noun (Hypernyms)

cánido

Noun (Hyponyms)

cachorro

Noun (Related terms)

canijo
canino

Proper noun (Descendants)

English: CAN

Middle Dutch

Verb

can
first/third-person singular present indicative of connen

Interlingua

Noun

can (plural canes)
dog
cock, hammer (of a firearm)

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

can m (plural cans)
dog

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish canaid (“to sing”), from Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-. Compare Welsh canu, Latin canō, Ancient Greek καναχέω (kanakhéō), Persian خواندن‎ (xândan).

Verb

can (past chan, future canaidh, verbal noun cantainn or cantail or canail, past participle cante)
to say
cha chan mi càil mus can mi cus ― I won't say anything before I've said too much
to sing (a song)
future indicative dependent of can

Verb (Usage notes)

In most dialects of Scottish Gaelic still spoken, with the notable exception of Islay, the future and conditional tenses and the imperative form are very often used for the verb abair in place of the actual abair forms, particularly in colloquial language; the abair forms are recognised but considered Biblical or excessively formal. Some northern dialects, such as Skye and Lewis, extend this to verbal noun forms derived from can, such as cantainn and canail.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem. Cognate with Portuguese cão.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quan, from Latin quam. Cognate with Portuguese quão and Spanish cuan.

Etymology

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, ultimately from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan.

Etymology (Noun)

can m (plural cans)
dog
(historical) 20th century 5, 10 cents of peseta coin

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /ˈkaŋ/

Etymology (Noun)

can m (plural cans)
how

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /ˈkaŋ/

Etymology (Noun)

can m (plural cans)
khan

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /ˈkaŋ/

Alternative forms

cão (reintegrationist)
cam (reintegrationist)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 肝.

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 干.

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 諫 (SV: gián).

Etymology

From English canne.

Etymology

From French calque.

Etymology (Nouncan)

(alternative medicine) liver

Etymology (Nouncan)

Short for Thiên Can (“celestial stem”).

Etymology (Verb)

can
to concern; to apply to
to be involved (in); to be implicated (in)

Etymology (Verb)

can
to dissuade (someone from doing something); to intervene

Etymology (Noun)

(classifier cây, cái) can
walking stick

Etymology (Verb)

can
to join; to unite; to sew together

Etymology (Verb)

can
to trace (through translucent paper), to do tracing

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [kaːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaːŋ˧˧]

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جان‎, from Persian جان‎ (jân, “soul, vital spirit, life”).

Noun

Can (definite accusative Canı, plural Canlar)
a male given name from Persian

Noun

can (definite accusative canı, plural canlar)
soul, life, being
sweetheart

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /dʒɑn/

Noun (See also)

Noun (See also)

Italian

Etymology

From Turkic.

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology (Alternative forms)

cane

Etymology (Noun)

can m (uncountable)
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of khan

Etymology (Noun)

can m (apocopated)
(poetic, literary) Apocopic form of cane; dog

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkan/
Rhymes: -an
Hyphenation: càn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish canaid, from Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-. Compare Welsh canu, Latin canō, Ancient Greek καναχέω (kanakhéō), Persian خواندن‎ (xândan).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kan̪ˠ/, /kanˠ/

Verb

can (present analytic canann, future analytic canfaidh, verbal noun canadh, past participle canta)
to sing
(Ulster) to speak, talk
Synonyms: labhair, bí ag caint

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence know).

Verb

can (third-person singular simple present can, simple past cud)
can
be able to

Verb (Derived terms)

cannae (“cannot”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin canis, canem.

Noun

can m (plural cans, feminine canha, feminine plural canhas)
dog, hound

Proper noun

Can
Caen (a city in the Calvados department, France)

Popularity of the name Can

Number of CAN births per year

Popularity of the name Can

Total births of Can by country

		Births with the first name Can
Country		Boys Girls
	Germany 2000 - 2022	2,868 68
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	810 0
	France 1900 - 2022	618 0
	Austria 1984 - 2021	357 1
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	259 0
	Belgium 1995 - 2022	211 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	91 0
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	71 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2022	41 0
	Netherlands 2015 - 2022	25 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	11 4
	Italy 1999 - 2021	14 0
	Poland 2000 - 2022	12 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	11 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	2 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	2 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	1 0
	Chili 2010 - 2021	1 0

Popularity of the name Can

Total births of Can by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Can
Country		Boys Girls
	Germany 2022	383 0
	Switzerland 2021	14 0
	United State of America 2022	10 0
	United Kingdom 2021	8 0
	Austria 2021	6 0
	France 2022	6 0
	Belgium 2022	5 0
	Denmark 2022	2 0
	Italy 2021	1 0

Comments on the name Can

Personalities with the first name Can

There are 27 personalities with the first name Can

Can Bonomo

Turkey
Actor Singer Musician Guitarist

Can Yaman

Turkey
Actor

Can Dündar

Turkey
Columnist Journalist Documentarian

Can Yücel

Turkey
Writer Poet Translator Linguist

Can Bartu

Turkey
Association football player Journalist Basketball player

Can Bozdoğan

Turkey Germany
Association football player

Can Atilla

Turkey
Composer Pianist Violinist Film score composer

Can Arat

Turkey
Association football player

Can Artam

Turkey
Engineer Racing automobile driver

Can Öncü

Turkey
Motorcycle racer

There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Can
Full list of personalities with the first name Can

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Can

There are 166 actors and actresses with the first name Can

Can Sarp Ikiler

Can Schneider

Can Bolat

Can Karakoç

Can Sertaç Adalier

Can Bayindir

Can Kahraman

Can Basak

Can Togay

Can Gürzap

Can Dirim

Can Kolukisa

Can Yilmaz

Can Taylanlar

Can Pham

Can Mutlu

Can Koray

Can Bozyigit

Can Paskap

Can Özalp

Can Orak

Can Kutay

Can Tolbas

Can Türkdogan

Can Akbel

Can Büyükbas

Can Bozok

Can Özcan

Can Perimçek

Can Öztürk

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Can
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Can

Rankings of first name CAN by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
#178	Germany	2022
#571	Switzerland	2021
#702	Austria	2021
#1152	Denmark	2022
#1595	Belgium	2022
#2711	United Kingdom	2021
#3198	United State of America	2022
#3998	France	2022
#22392	Italy	2021