Kannan Explained
Kannan
கண்ணன்
കണ്ണൻ |
| Pronunciation: | Kaṇṇaṉ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Region: | Southern India
North-eastern Sri Lanka |
| Language: | Tamil, Malayalam |
| Derived: | Krishna |
| Variant: | Kanna |
Kannan (Tamil: கண்ணன்) (Malayalam: കണ്ണൻ) is a Tamil and Malayalam male given name. Due to a Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females. The name is derived from the Hindu god Krishna, who is offered the epithet of Kannan in Tamil, meaning, "the one who is to be seen".[1]
Etymology
The word Kannan might come from the Pali into Tamil during the classical period. In Pali, Kanha means dark or black, and the Sanskrit equivalent will be Kṛṣṇa (Krishna). In Tamil-speaking regions, Lord Krishna is called as Kanna(or with a masculine ending Kannan).
Notable people
Given name
- B. Kannan, Indian cinematographer
- K. Kannan, Singaporean footballer
- Kannan (music director), Indian film music composer
- Kannan Balakrishnan (born 1964), Indian musician
- Kannan Iyer, Indian film writer and actor
- Kannan Soundararajan, Indian mathematician
- M. Kannan, Indian politician
- P. Kannan, Indian politician from Tamil Nadu
- R. Kannan (born 1975), Indian film director
- S. P. Kannan, Indian politician
- Srirangam Kannan (born 1952), Indian musician
- Vedham Puthithu Kannan, Indian filmmaker
- Kannan Srinivasan, Indian-American politician in Virginia
Last Name
Other uses
Films
Places
Notes and References
- Book: Hopkins, Steven Paul . Singing the Body of God: The Hymns of Vedantadesika in Their South Indian Tradition . 2002-04-18 . Oxford University Press, USA . 978-0-19-512735-5 . 274 . en.
