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Channing - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Channing

[ 2 syll. (c)han-nin(g), ch-anni-ng ] The boy name Channing is pronounced as CHAENihNG KEY.

1: Channing is used predominantly in English and it is derived from Old English origins. The name Channing means child of Cann's people. Chane (English), Chanin (English), Chann (English), Channe (English), and Channon (English) are forms of Channing.

2: Channing's language of origin is Irish Gaelic. Here, it means little wolf cub.

Channing is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1992 with 0.007% of baby boys being named Channing. It was #886 in rank then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then, and is now of infrequent use. Among all boy names in its family, Channing was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Channing include Chaimek (Polish), Chancey (English), Chancy (English), Chango (Spanish), Chauncey (English), Chauncy (English), Chencho (Spanish), Chineze (Igbo), Czenzi (Hungarian), Chance (English), Chang (Chinese), Chaunce (English), Chenche (Spanish), Cheng (Chinese), Chong (Chinese), Chuminga (Spanish), and Chung (Chinese).

A famous person named Channing is Actor, Channing Tatum, born 26 April 1980, Cullman, Alabama.

KEY: English pronunciation for Channing: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)"


 
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