The baby name Pattan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PAT-tən (IPA: /ˈpætən/).
Pattan is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Pattan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PAT-tən (IPA: /ˈpætən/).
Pattan is Sanskrit in Origin.
Pattan is a multicultural name with deep South Asian roots. It derives from Sanskrit paṭṭana, “port, market town, emporium,” a term that passed into Prakrit and later Indo-Aryan languages. In Hindi and Marathi it remains pattan; in Punjabi and Urdu pattan also denotes a river landing or ferry point; and in Dravidian usage related forms like pattana, patnam, and pattinam mean “city.” The name carries connotations of a safe harbor, commerce, and cosmopolitan life, and appears across South Asian toponyms.
As a given name, Pattan is uncommon but attested in India and Pakistan, sometimes chosen for boys for its sense of arrival and prosperity. In the Anglophone world it can also function as a transferred surname, occasionally a variant of Patton/Patten, which ultimately relate to the medieval diminutive of Patrick. Variants and related forms include Paṭṭan, Patan, Pattana, Patnam, Pattinam; Anglicized parallels include Patton and Patten.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | Girls | 0 | #93 | 2 | 2,402 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #726 | 44 | 18,755 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #741 | 3 | 18,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #872 | 10 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #990 | 12 | 16,750 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,080 | 13 | 22,615 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,582 | 33 | 28,008 |
Pattan is popular in 8 countries — most recent births per country:
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