Kaan (name)
Kaan is a masculine given name and surname meaning "ruler", "King of Kings" (alternatively spelled as Kağan, Khagan or Hakan, meaning "Khan of Khans").
The name finds its origins in multiple languages, mainly Mongolian and Turkish.
Given names
[edit]- Kaan Altan, Turkish rock guitarist
- Kaan Ayhan, Turkish footballer
- Kaan Aykutsun (born 2002), Turkish Olympian boxer
- Kaan Esener (born 1965), Turkish diplomat
- Kaan İnce (1970-1992), Turkish poet
- Kaan Kahriman (born 2004), Turkish weightlifter
- Kaan Tangöze, Turkish rock singer, writer and guitarist
- Kaan Tayla (born 1986), Turkish swimmer
- Kaan Urgancıoğlu, Turkish actor
- Kaan Üner, Turkish basketball player
- Thomas Kaan Önol Lang (born 2007), Turkish alpine ski racer
Surname
[edit]- Demir Kaan, Turkish name of Damir Mršić (born 1970), basketball player from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Fred Kaan, Anglo-Dutch clergyman and hymnwriter
- Heinrich Kaan, 19th-century Russian physician
- Mayo Kaan (1914–2002), American bodybuilder who claimed to be the original model for Superman
Science and technology
[edit]- TAI TF Kaan, a twin-engine, fifth generation air superiority fighter built by the Turkish Aerospace Industries for the Turkish Air Force
Fictional characters
[edit]- Marty Kaan, the lead character in the Showtime comedy TV series House of Lies portrayed by Don Cheadle
- Kaz Kaan, protagonist in the animated series Neo Yokio
- Kaan, young warrior, central character in video game Kaan: Barbarian's Blade
- Lord Kaan in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Kaan
- Caan (name)
- Kahn (name)
- Khan (name)
- Kaan (disambiguation) (other meanings)
References
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