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Cannivady is little known Last name from the Southern part of the Indian Sub-continent. Not much is known about the word Cannivady but there are mainly three theories regarding it's origin. Some people believe it is the name of a little village called Kannivadi, while others believe that Cannivady is the name of a range of hills. The most interesting theory is that the word was originally "Kannodan" pronounced "Kann-no-done" which in Tamil means "One with eyes" or "One who sees". This word then got somehow morphed to the word "Cannivady" and is now used as a Last name in just one family in the world! Yes, that's correct - just one family uses this word as their Family name. This article was written by Thomas Cannivady who belongs to that family.

Please see Kannivadi, Dindigul http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannivadi,_Dindigul