McCann (surname)
McCann is an Irish surname derived from "Mac Cana", meaning "son of Cana". The Irish personal name "Cana" literally means "wolf cub", and was a term for a young warrior. The Mac Cana were a Gaelic Irish clan who held the lands of Clancann and Clanbrassil, together known as Oneilland, in what is now northern County Armagh. The surname is strongly associated with that part of Ulster. People named McCann. McCann is the surname of Irish origin of several people, including: