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Surname Etymology and Meaning of KENNAN

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

Gaelic, Ceanann or Ceanfhionn, white-headed, bald.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

Scottish: reduced form of McKennan (see Kenny).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)