Kane (surname)
| Pronunciation | /ˈkeɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Origin | |
| Languages | 1. Old English 2. Welsh 3. Manx 4. Irish 5. Old French 6. Transalpine Gaulish (likely) |
| Word/name | 1. Cana 2. cain 3. Mac Cathain 4. Ó Catháin 5. cane 6. Caen |
| Meaning | 1. male given name 2. 'beautiful' 3. 'son of Cathan' 4. 'descendant of Cahan' 5. 'reed' 6. placename in Normandy |
| Region of origin | England, Scotland, Ireland |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Cane |
| [1][2][3] | |
Kane is an English-language surname. It has multiple origins. It is derived from the old English name (k)cana.[4] In Ireland, however, the name is of different origins as an anglicisation of Mac Catháin, and in Scotland is a sept of Clan MacMillan.
Artists
- Adelaide Kane (born 1990), Australian actress
- Amory Kane, U.S. composer and musician
- Art Kane (1925–1995), American fashion and music photographer
- Arthur Kane (1949–2004), U.S. bassist of the New York Dolls
- Barbara Sanchez-Kane, Mexican fashion designer
- Ben Kane, English novelist, specialising in historical fiction
- Ben Kane (record producer), U.S. record producer
- Big Daddy Kane, U.S. rapper
- Bob Kane, most famous as the co-creator of Batman
- Candye Kane (born 1961), U.S. blues and jazz singer and songwriter
- Carol Kane, U.S. actress
- Chelsea Kane, U.S. actress and singer, originally known as Chelsea Staub
- Chris Kane, Australian guitarist and songwriter of Eye of the Enemy
- Christian Kane, U.S. actor and country musician
- Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
- Clinton Kane (born 1999), Filipino-Australian singer, songwriter, and musician
- David Kane (pianist), U.S.-Scottish composer and jazz pianist
- Eden Kane (born 1940), British singer
- Gil Kane, comic book artist
- Greg Kane (musician) (born 1966), Scottish musician, and co-member of Hue and Cry
- Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegalese writer
- Harry Kane (illustrator) (1912–1988), U.S. illustrator and artist
- Helen Kane (1904-1966), U.S. actress and singer
- Henry B. Kane (1902–1971), U.S. illustrator, photographer, and author of nature books for children
- Herb Kawainui Kāne (1928–2011), Native Hawaiian artist, historian, and author
- Jack Kane (composer) (1924–1961), English-born Canadian musician and composer
- John Kane (artist), Scottish painter
- Joseph Kane, U.S. film director and producer
- Justin Kane, U.S. actor
- Kevin Kane (musician), Canadian songwriter
- Kimberly Kane (born 1983), award-winning U.S. pornographic actress, author, and founding member and treasurer of APAC (Adult Performers Advocacy Committee)
- Marjorie Kane (1909–1992), stage name "Babe Kane," prolific early U.S. film and stage actress
- Miles Kane (born 1986), British singer
- Paul Kane, a pseudonym used by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
- Phil Kane, Scottish keyboard player of The Silencers
- Samuel Kane (born 1968), British actor
- Sarah Kane, English playwright
- Thommy Kane (born Thomas Joseph Abate III, 1978), stage name "Poverty," U.S. actor, filmmaker, songwriter, and composer
- Tom Kane, U.S. voice actor
Sportspeople
- Ben Kane (footballer), Australian Australian rules footballer
- Boyd Kane, hockey player for the AHL's Hershey Bears
- Conor Kane (footballer), Irish footballer
- DeAndre Kane, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Super League and EuroLeague
- Evander Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks
- George Francis Kane (born 1948), American chess master
- Harry Kane (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Kane (baseball) (1883–1932), American baseball player
- Harry Kane (hurdler) (born 1933), British hurdler
- Herbie Kane (born 1998), English footballer
- Jack Kane (ice hockey) (1936–2025), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jim Kane (disambiguation), multiple people
- Justin Kane, Australian boxer
- Patrick Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- Rick Kane (1954–2009), NFL running back played for the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins
- Sanoussi Kane (born 2001), American football player
- Stanley Kane, English footballer
- Todd Kane, English footballer
- Tony Kane, Irish footballer
Politicians and military people
- Elisha Kent Kane, medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century, member of two arctic expeditions
- Elizabeth Kane (1836–1909), American physician, writer, philanthropist, and women's rights activist.
- Frank E. Kane (born 1932), Canadian politician
- James Kane (1895–1964), Australian politician
- Kathleen Kane (born 1966), Pennsylvania lawyer and former attorney general convicted of felony perjury
- Michael N. Kane (1851–1924), American lawyer, judge, and politician
- Richard Rutledge Kane, Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate
- Thomas L. Kane (1822–1883), American Civil War general and founder of Kane, Pennsylvania.
Scholars
- Charles L. Kane, American theoretical physicist
- Daniel Kane (linguist), Australian linguist, expert on Jurchen and Khitan languages
- Daniel Kane (mathematician) (born 1986), American mathematician
- Josephine Kane, British academic and historian of architecture
- Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972), Sanskrit scholar and an awardee of the Bharat Ratna
- Ruth Kane, New Zealand professor of education
- Thomas R. Kane, American academic
Science and medical
- Evan O'Neill Kane (1861–1932), surgeon who performed several self-operations
- Gordon L. Kane, scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics
- Jasper H. Kane, (1903–2004), American biochemist
- Katherine Sophia Kane (1811–1886), Irish botanist
- Shanley Kane, American technology writer
- Suzanne Amador Kane, American scientist
Other
- Agnes Kane Callum (1925–2015), American genealogist
- Carol Kane (businesswoman), co-founder and joint CEO of Debenhams Group
- Conor Kane (journalist), Irish journalist
- Lisy Kane, Australian video game producer
- Nichola Kane, Scottish broadcast journalist
- Kane (noble family), a Norwegian noble family
- Vincent Kane, British news reporter
Fictional
- Adam Kane, protagonist in one of Dead Rising 3 expansion missions.
- Barry Kane from Saboteur
- Bette Kane, or Betty Kane, the DC Comics Pre-Crisis Bat-Girl
- Billy Kane, a character from the Fatal Fury series
- Carter and Sadie Kane, protagonists from the series The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
- Charles Foster Kane, the titular character of the film Citizen Kane
- Erica Kane, fictional character from the American television soap opera All My Children
- Fergus K. Kane from Lady in the Lake
- Garrison Kane, comic book character from the Marvel Universe
- Gilbert Kane, a character in the film Alien
- Reverend Henry Kane, fictional character from the Poltergeist film trilogy
- John Kane, a character in So Weird
- John Michael Kane, one of the aliases of Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity (novel)
- Kathy/Kate Kane, Batwoman
- Lucas Kane, protagonist of the video game Fahrenheit a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy
- Marcus Kane from The 100 (TV series)
- Marshall Kane from Community
- Matthew Kane, the protagonist of the computer game Quake 4
- Needles Kane, character in the video game series Twisted Metal originally developed by Singletrac
- Solomon Kane, fictional 16th century Puritan adventurer created by Robert E. Howard
- Will Kane from High Noon
References
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. p. 438. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ^ Reaney, P. H.; Wilson, R. M. (1991) [1958]. A Dictionary of English Surnames (3 ed.). London and New York: Routledge. pp. 546–547, 562. ISBN 0-415-05737-X.
- ^ "Cane Name Meaning & Cane Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Cane Name Meaning & Cane Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.