Name

Name CANNON

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 6,787 births of Cannon in the countries below, which represents an average of 49 births of children bearing the first name Cannon per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 527 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Cannon
In Italiano

Nome Cannon

Information about the first name Cannon

The first name Cannon has been assigned to:

99.99% to boys
0.01% to girls

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

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Cannon

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Cannon : Connan

Cannon in Japanese ^*

Romaji	kanon
Katakana	カノン
Hiragana	かのん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Cannon in sign language

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Cannon in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Cannon

English

Etymology

Borrowed around 1400 from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
This spelling was not fixed until about 1800.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA(key): /ˈkænən/

Pronunciation

enPR: kăn'ən, IPA(key): /ˈkæn.ən/
Rhymes: -ænən
Homophone: canon

Proper noun

Cannon (plural Cannons)
A surname.

Noun (Related terms)

cannonade
cannoneer
nursery cannon

Noun (Usage notes)

The unchanged plural is preferred in Great Britain, Ireland and all English-speaking Commonwealth countries, while North Americans tend to use the regular plural cannons.

Proper noun (Derived terms)