# Conan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkoʊnən/ · frequency rank #16,869

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Irish.
2. A surname.

## Etymology
From Irish Conán, from Middle Irish Conán, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ (conann), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

## Easily confused with
- **corn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-corn)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cone)
- **cons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cons)
- **conn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-conn)
- **cont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cont)
- **Cora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cora)
- **Cong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cong)
- **coon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-coon)
- **conf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-conf)
- **cyan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cyan)
- **cond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cond)
- **Cuban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cuban)
- **coral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-coral)
- **Congo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-congo)
- **condo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-condo)
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-conor)
- **Cones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cones)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-conte)
- **cowan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-cowan)
- **Coney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-coney)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cconan`, `cnoan`, `coann`, `conann`, `conna`, `connan`, `ocnan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/conan