Kanna
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kanə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kanna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.
- SGSingapore≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 45K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 501K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kanna itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 129 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)
≈730 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Singapore, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kanna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Kanna | 12 |
| US United States | 379 | 1 in 878K | 567 | Kanna | 103 |
| SG Singapore | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Kanna | 17 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | listed | — | 2 |
| FR France | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | 23 | — | 1 |
| DK Denmark | 61as Konni | 1 in 96K | 85 | — | — |
| AU Australia | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 501K | 1 | — | — |
| FI Finland | 10as Konni | 1 in 557K | 40 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kanna is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Sceletium tortuosum, a Southern African succulent with psychoactive properties.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, canna lily (any plant of the genus Canna); (in the plural) the genus Canna
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kl, down medial absolutive; that/he down a medial distance.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, a (large) vessel with a handle and spout; a jug, a pot
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, definite feminine singular of kanne
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, illative singular of kana
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kanna Nakamurab. 1901JPJapanese voice actress
- Kanna Imaib. 1985JPJapanese AV actress (1992-)
- Kanna Tachibanab. 1987JPJapanese model
- Kanna Morib. 1988JPJapanese fashion model and actress
- Kanna Fujib. 1989JPJapanese pornographic actor
- Kanna Shinozakib. 1993JPJapanese porn star
- Kanna Misakib. 1994JPJapanese AV idol
- Kanna Asakurab. 1997JPJapanese mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
- Kanna Hashimotob. 1999JPJapanese actress (1999-)
- Kanna Setob. 2004JPJapanese AV idol and gravure idol
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 223 | #89,231 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 181 | #99,845 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 143 | #113,519 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 24 | #40,578 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Kanna?
- A machine transcription gives /kanə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Kanna a male or female name?
- Kanna is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Kanna have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 728 people named Kanna in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kanna.
- How common is the name Kanna?
- In the United States, the national register counted 379 people named Kanna in 2020, about 1 in 878 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Kanna?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kannaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kanna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.