McCan Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Some records give McCann; others give McCan. Both point to the same Irish family name.

What is the meaning of McCan?

The family name meaning is “Son of Cana ("wolf cub")”, the same as for McCann.

How is McCan related to McCann?

McCan drops the “n” of McCann, a simplification that clerks often made. The same family of names includes MacCann and Canny.

Does every McCan family have a crest?

Arms linked to McCann and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the McCan family name pack.