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Canon - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Canon

[ 2 syll. ca-non, can-on ] The boy name Canon is pronounced as KAENahN †. Canon is largely used in the English language and its origin is also English. Canon is a variant of the name Cannon (English).

Canon is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. Among the family of boy names directly linked to Canon, Cannon was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Canon include Cannon (English), Cainan (English), Cami, Cammi, Cammie, Cammy, Canaan (English), Canyon (English), Caoimhin (Irish), Casen (English), Cason (English), Cassian (English), Cian (English and Irish), Coen (Dutch), Coman, Common, Conan (English), Conen, Connan (Irish and Scottish), and Conni (English).

 



† Pronunciation for Canon: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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