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".
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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
Biju C. Kannan, Indian film director
Beena Kannan (born 1960), Indian businesswoman
Bharathi Kannan (born 1962), Indian film director
Embar Kannan (born 1975), Indian musician
Kanal Kannan, Indian film choreographer
Ravi Kannan R Indian oncologist and Padma Shri awardee
Ravindran Kannan (born 1953), Indian computer scientist
Siddharth Kannan, Indian broadcaster
Yaar Kannan, Indian film director
Other uses
Films
Kannan En Kadhalan, 1968 Tamil film
Kannan Varuvaan, 2000 Tamil film
Places
Kannan Devan Hills, village in Kerala, India