The baby name Guan is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Mandarin pinyin: Guān — approx. 'gwan' [kwa̠n˥]. (Other tones/characters: Guǎn [kwa̠n˨˩˦]).
Guan is Chinese in Origin.
The baby name Guan is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Mandarin pinyin: Guān — approx. 'gwan' [kwa̠n˥]. (Other tones/characters: Guǎn [kwa̠n˨˩˦]).
Guan is Chinese in Origin.
Guan is a Chinese name spanning several characters; in pinyin it appears as Guān/Guǎn/Guàn and can mean “pass, gateway” (关/關), “official” (官), “to manage; pipe” (管), “crown, laurels” (冠), or “to observe” (观/觀). Predominantly a surname, it also serves as a given name, usually masculine but unisex. As a single-character given name, 冠 (laurel, to top) and 观/觀 (insight) are common; Guan also opens compound names like Guanyu 冠宇 or Guanlin 冠霖.
As a surname it is linked to figures such as statesman Guan Zhong (管仲) and the deified general Guan Yu (关羽), lending strong historical resonance. Romanized variants include Kuan (Wade–Giles), Kwan (Cantonese), Kan (Japanese), Gwan (Korean), and Vietnamese Quan. Because several characters map to “Guan,” the chosen hanzi and tone specify the intended meaning.
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| CN | 0 | #85 | 2 | 3,857 | |
| TW | 0 | #101 | 3 | 4,523 | |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #124 | 10 | 6,332 |
| IQ | 0 | #132 | 2 | 3,533 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #210 | 14 | 5,842 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #228 | 14 | 7,111 |
| SG | 0 | #238 | 32 | 11,010 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #258 | 6 | 7,056 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #268 | 52 | 9,639 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #282 | 8 | 8,139 |
| Canada | Boys | 1998 | #289 | 5 | 1,858 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| MY | 0 | #297 | 34 | 12,352 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #307 | 43 | 8,829 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #390 | 10 | 5,922 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #405 | 4 | 11,440 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #430 | 277 | 17,960 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #462 | 5 | 10,523 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #475 | 9 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #497 | 3 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #506 | 5 | 10,188 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #507 | 80 | 18,916 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #508 | 20 | 12,905 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #520 | 6 | 11,303 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #524 | 3 | 12,621 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| LY | 0 | #558 | 2 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #591 | 25 | 16,104 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #594 | 4 | 20,968 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #603 | 577 | 25,439 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #621 | 2 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #692 | 9 | 13,390 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #742 | 2 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #763 | 5 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #896 | 87 | 16,355 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #906 | 25 | 5,610 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #907 | 14 | 15,656 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #914 | 81 | 24,821 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #935 | 17 | 5,873 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #997 | 5 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,038 | 2 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,230 | 5 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,263 | 5 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,264 | 9 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,434 | 13 | 9,415 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,451 | 21 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,604 | 11 | 28,008 |
Guan is popular in 50 countries — most recent births per country:
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