Kane

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kane"

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Etymology

  • As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from Ó Catháin, Mac Catháin (“descendant of Cathán”), a name meaning "warrior," from cath (“battle”). Compare O'Kane and Keane.
  • As an English surname, variant of Cane.
  • As a Jewish surname, variant of Kahane and Kanne.
  • As a German surname, Americanized from Köhn, Kohn.
  • As a Finnish surname, Americanized from Nykänen.

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Kane

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A village in Greene County, Illinois.
    2. A township in Benton County, Iowa.
    3. A borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, founded by Thomas L. Kane.

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