Cannon Name Meaning. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Canann or Ó Canann (Ulster), or Ó Canáin (County Galway) 'son (Mac) or descendant (Ó) of Canán', a personal name derived from cano 'wolf cub'.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Canann or Ó Canann (Ulster), or Ó Canáin (County Galway) (see Cannon 1).
Canning Name Meaning. Irish: variant of Cannan. English: habitational name from a place in Wiltshire called Cannings, apparently named with the Old English byname Cana (of uncertain origin) + -ingas 'people of'.
