Konan is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Konan thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Konan is a Japanese unisex name and a modern English form of the Gaelic male name Conan.
Konan means “little south” (from Japenese “ko” = little + “nan” = south). There are also several cities called Konan, therefore the name also means “sea south”. Deriving from Conan, Konan means “little wolf” or “little hound”.
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