# Kahn

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,677

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
* As a north German surname, from Low German Kane (“small boat”), from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-West Germanic *kanō, from Proto-Germanic *kanô (“vessel, boat”).
* Also as a north German surname, from a short form of Kahnert, a variant of Konrad.
* Among Jews, a Germanicised form of Cohen.

## Easily confused with
- **ken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-ken)
- **kay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kay)
- **kai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kai)
- **kin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kin)
- **kat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kat)
- **kan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kan)
- **kun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kun)
- **Koh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-koh)
- **kam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kam)
- **kar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kar)
- **kph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kph)
- **Kate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kate)
- **khan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-khan)
- **keen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-keen)
- **Karl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-karl)
- **Kane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kane)
- **Katy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-katy)
- **kang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kang)
- **kara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kara)
- **kale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kahn-vs-kale)

## Common misspellings (5)
`akhn`, `kahhn`, `kahnn`, `kanh`, `kkahn`

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