Kanaan is a spelling of Canaan, the biblical name of the Promised Land, from the Hebrew Kena'an, whose meaning is uncertain and is usually explained as "lowland" or, by way of the purple dye traded there, "land of purple". The Arabic form Kan'an is a given name across the Middle East, which is where the K spelling comes from, and the sound matches Kannon and Keenan. Kanaan rose from number 7111 in 2000 to number 1769 in 2018 and sits at number 2661 in 2025 with 49 boys.