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The first name 
Kanaan

Kanaan is a male first name.

When two boys called Kanaan meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Kanaan is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 4 out of 100,000 boys have been named Kanaan. In the SmartGenius ranking, Kanaan is #1,967 on the list of most common boys names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Kanaan.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Kanaan

Kanaan -
quite rare in all states

The odds of having a man or boy named Kanaan in your home state are about the same as the chance for a white Christmas in New York City – in both cases they are less than 30%. More precisely, the first name Kanaan is registered in 15 states, among which are Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia or Louisiana. In proportion to the male population, most men and boys with the first name Kanaan live in Georgia, but even there the name is rather special – on average, you would have to ask 101,004 men and boys in Georgia for their name before you meet one who answers with Kanaan.

Kanaan has 6 letters 
and begins with a K

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter K is a real popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 7.9% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters J, A and D are more common for boys' names.

With six letters, the name Kanaan is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 7.9% of all boys' names start with a K, this initial letter occurs more than twice as often as all 26 letters on average. Interesting detail: of all the boys’ names that begin with a K, Kenneth is the most common.

Other names with 
K, a, n, a, a and n

If you take all the letters in the name Kanaan – K, a, n, a, a and n – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Kaanan or Annaka.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Kanaan

If your name is Kanaan and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Kanaan

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Kanaan, you can simply say:

Koala

Apple

Nut

Apple

Apple

Nut

This is how the name Kanaan is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Kanaan in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Kanaan

Kanaan

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Kanaan

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Kanaan is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

K
A
N
A
A
N

Have you ever waved the name Kanaan

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

K
A
N
A
A
N

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Kanaan sounds like this: