Bohan as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bohan

What is the meaning of the name Bohan ?

The baby name Bohan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BOH-hahn (Mandarin pinyin: Bóhàn; approximate IPA: /ˈboʊ.hæn/).

Bohan is Chinese in Origin.

Bohan carries multiple origins. In Hebrew, bohan denotes the “thumb,” remembered from the biblical boundary marker “Stone of Bohan son of Reuben” (Joshua); as a personal name it is rare but evocative. In Irish contexts, Bohan is an anglicized surname from Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin, ultimately from buadhach “victorious,” yielding senses like “descendant of the victorious one.” In Chinese, Bóhán is a modern masculine given name whose meaning depends on characters, often 博瀚 (“broad learning, vast”) or 柏翰 (“cypress; writing brush”), conferring scholarly or nature-linked virtues.

Usage varies by tradition: as a revived biblical-style given name in English, as a surname-turned-first-name in Ireland and the diaspora, and as a common two-syllable given name in Mandarin-speaking communities. Related forms and spellings include Bohane, Boughan, and Ó Buadhacháin (Irish), and character-based variants such as 博瀚, 柏翰, 伯瀚 in Chinese. Overall, Bohan reads crisp, cross-cultural, and primarily masculine.