Meaning of name Cannon

The name Cannon has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Cannon is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 948 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Cannon rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 11 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 623 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Cannon in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Cannon is very likely a(n) French variant of the name Channing. See other suggested French boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Channing.

The following names are baby names related to Cannon and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Cannon: Boys - Beau, Cade, Cordell, Coty, Deonte, Foy, Laron, Girls - Amiyah, Belle, Chantal, Chantell, Deja, Delight, Desirae, Edmonia, Larue, Luty, Noelia, Shantell, Both genders - Blaise, Chandler, Dabney, Delaney, Desire, Dior

The name Cannon is a variant of Channing. Other popular variants of the name Channing are: Canning (Latin), Cannon, Cannyng, Canon, Channe, Channon, Channyng (French)

We think the name Cannon should fall under the following style category: Cool.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Cannon to be: Tall, dark and handsome sophisticate trendy socialite

In one word, you might describe Cannon as a(n) "handsome" person.

See other "handsome" names for boys.