How to pronounce Kahn?

Kan, rhymes with "can". Many Southern USA Jewish families with this name pronounce it that way. Example, the descendants of Maurice Kahn, co-founder of Schloss & Kahn, a grocery distributor in Montgomery, Alabama, USA from 1870s to 1990s.

Last Name

German

Male, Female

Cahn

Common surname among Ashkenazic Jews. Some families pronounce it to rhyme with "can", others to rhyme with "con".

Kane, K-a-n-e.

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Kahn is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ k AA n ]

k	AA	n
key	car	no

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Kahn is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ k ae n ]

k	ae	n
key	at	no

Last Name

German

Male, Female

Cahn

Common surname among Ashkenazic Jews. Some families pronounce it to rhyme with "can", others to rhyme with "con".

Kahn is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ k A hn ]

k

key

kan - 'a' here is pronounced as 'a' in car