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The baby name San is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /sæn/ (common English pronunciation, rhymes with 'can'),/san/ (typical pronunciation in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and many other languages; the vowel like 'ah').

San is Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese in Origin.

Gender: Unisex
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
Pronunciation: /sæn/ (common English pronunciation, rhymes with 'can'),/san/ (typical pronunciation in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and many other languages; the vowel like 'ah')

What is the meaning of the name San ?

The baby name San is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /sæn/ (common English pronunciation, rhymes with 'can'),/san/ (typical pronunciation in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and many other languages; the vowel like 'ah').

San is Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese in Origin.

San is a compact cross-cultural given name with several roots. In Korean (산), it means “mountain.” In Burmese, it appears as စန်း (“splendor, shining”) or စံ (“excellence, standard”), common unisex elements. In Chinese, Sān (三) means “three,” long used to mark birth order or invoke completeness. Although familiar from Japanese -san, that is an honorific rather than a personal name, and in Spanish or Portuguese san means “saint” in place names, not a standalone given name.

Usage ranges from traditional Burmese compounds to modern Korean one-syllable names. It also functions as a short form for longer names beginning with San-, such as Santiago, Santino, Sanjay, and Sanjana. Variants and transliterations include San, Sān (tone-marked Mandarin), and Sann (Burmese).

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San – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
KH Girls 0 #6 1 148
KH Boys 0 #8 2 270
BF 0 #10 1 188
FJ Boys 0 #17 1 603
SV Girls 0 #18 1 458
MV 0 #19 1 644
HN 0 #21 2 704
BF Boys 0 #26 1 439
BN 0 #32 1 2,297
BI Girls 0 #33 1 726
MO 0 #33 20 2,706
MV Girls 0 #33 3 2,021
TM Boys 0 #36 1 614
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
ID 0 #37 3 2,238
GE 0 #43 2 997
MT 0 #43 1 1,767
CM 0 #55 2 2,592
LU 0 #60 7 2,830
IN 0 #70 2 2,963
AO 0 #75 3 2,729
MV Boys 0 #75 5 3,375
AF 0 #76 1 1,883
JP 0 #76 2 4,057
MD Boys 0 #81 1 756
CN 0 #86 1 3,857
LT 0 #87 2 949
MO Boys 0 #87 165 5,842
TW 0 #91 10 4,523
AF Girls 0 #93 2 2,402
JM 0 #93 1 3,714
KZ 0 #94 1 1,452
ID Girls 0 #95 8 3,319
SD 0 #99 4 2,130
MO Girls 0 #102 174 7,056
QA 0 #103 4 7,011
PH 0 #105 6 5,607
BN Girls 0 #106 9 5,459
GE Boys 0 #107 4 2,055
BN Boys 0 #108 26 6,332
GE Girls 0 #108 1 1,564
IQ 0 #112 18 3,533
EC 0 #119 3 2,502
OM 0 #120 2 6,215
KW 0 #121 1 5,216
EE Boys 0 #122 4 2,087
MU 0 #130 8 3,613
AZ Boys 0 #131 1 1,400
CY Boys 0 #131 1 3,473
ID Boys 0 #131 5 4,130
RS Girls 0 #133 5 1,651
GR 0 #135 1 3,911
PA 0 #138 1 3,797
BW Girls 0 #150 2 4,216
LT Boys 0 #150 2 2,166
RS Boys 0 #152 3 2,277
BW Boys 0 #153 2 4,685
MT Girls 0 #153 1 3,773
CR 0 #160 6 5,526
PR Girls 0 #164 4 3,171
AE 0 #165 13 10,220
LU Girls 0 #171 15 4,850
HU Boys 0 #172 3 3,954
SI Girls 0 #173 5 2,769
MT Boys 0 #176 4 4,064
PR Boys 0 #177 2 2,508
HR 0 #180 2 2,081
Sweden Boys 2022 #181 2 1,509
UY 0 #181 2 2,477
LT Girls 0 #182 13 1,904
CZ 0 #184 3 3,154
AR 0 #186 8 2,915
RU 0 #194 1 3,641
Austria 0 #198 16 850
DK 0 #205 2 5,198
SI Boys 0 #206 6 3,402
TW Boys 0 #207 35 7,111
BD 0 #208 20 5,992
AO Girls 0 #217 1 4,575
LU Boys 0 #218 3 4,970
BG Boys 0 #219 2 3,850
SG 0 #220 50 11,010
MU Boys 0 #224 139 8,477
PS 0 #225 2 5,692
MU Girls 0 #226 126 8,539
EC Boys 0 #228 12 3,322
IR 0 #229 3 4,221
JP Girls 0 #230 16 6,592
BG Girls 0 #231 1 3,559
TW Girls 0 #235 42 8,139
NA Girls 0 #236 2 7,146
SG Girls 0 #239 450 18,916
AO Boys 0 #242 8 5,568
JM Girls 0 #242 18 7,507
GH 0 #247 2 5,396
HK Boys 0 #247 442 12,905
PT 0 #249 2 4,161
HR Boys 0 #251 9 3,997
JM Boys 0 #251 22 6,876
NA Boys 0 #251 3 6,830
EC Girls 0 #256 3 3,650
KZ Boys 0 #256 34 6,578
JP Boys 0 #262 36 7,909
MY 0 #267 64 12,352
IQ Girls 0 #269 270 11,303
NG 0 #270 3 5,926
AF Boys 0 #271 4 3,535
IQ Boys 0 #277 587 13,071
IL 0 #278 5 6,291
CN Boys 0 #280 40 9,639
HR Girls 0 #280 10 3,687
QA Girls 0 #280 37 15,378
SA 0 #281 15 10,560
AL Boys 0 #289 10 5,122
SG Boys 0 #290 540 17,960
PE 0 #294 17 6,350
CZ Boys 0 #297 9 6,530
KZ Girls 0 #298 23 5,862
HK 0 #300 49 8,483
JO Girls 0 #311 15 7,570
Canada Boys 2007 #315 5 2,287
CN Girls 0 #315 35 8,829
SD Girls 0 #315 31 7,678
MY Boys 0 #320 1,358 25,439
PL Girls 0 #324 31 5,096
DK Girls 0 #325 5 7,429
BR 0 #328 18 5,969
CZ Girls 0 #329 13 5,378
GH Girls 0 #329 9 6,973
DK Boys 0 #330 3 7,401
PH Boys 0 #331 53 11,440
Austria Girls 0 #332 89 1,885
PH Girls 0 #332 59 13,098
Germany 0 #333 107 2,542
GT 0 #333 6 5,948
PL Boys 0 #333 8 6,459
GH Boys 0 #336 10 8,138
BD Girls 0 #338 49 8,413
YE 0 #339 43 8,639
AR Boys 0 #343 131 7,628
OM Girls 0 #343 54 15,987
UY Boys 0 #344 56 5,922
SD Boys 0 #348 98 10,523
RU Boys 0 #352 157 12,621
NL 0 #355 37 2,481
HK Girls 0 #361 284 16,104
BO 0 #363 19 6,868
JO Boys 0 #363 15 7,057
MX 0 #368 46 8,339
PT Boys 0 #373 9 7,951
EG 0 #378 23 6,387
Finland Girls 0 #381 11 1,368
Spain 0 #386 67 2,326
France Boys 2020 #389 3 2,846
MY Girls 0 #397 837 24,821
CL 0 #398 14 6,867
Germany Girls 0 #409 581 4,949
Finland Boys 0 #413 15 2,041
Austria Boys 0 #424 19 2,180
CR Girls 0 #426 107 11,342
GT Boys 0 #427 48 7,625
KW Girls 0 #432 84 19,177
CO 0 #436 45 7,768
PA Boys 0 #439 43 9,305
CR Boys 0 #450 38 10,188
AR Girls 0 #456 148 8,289
PT Girls 0 #465 7 7,952
ZA 0 #466 9 14,421
UY Girls 0 #468 43 6,731
PA Girls 0 #469 13 9,861
RU Girls 0 #470 29 11,913
AE Girls 0 #471 83 20,968
BH 0 #476 78 17,937
LY 0 #480 56 12,703
GT Girls 0 #490 16 7,500
BD Boys 0 #494 83 10,045
IR Girls 0 #497 34 8,334
CO Boys 0 #505 532 15,656
PS Boys 0 #505 44 10,655
PS Girls 0 #511 13 10,981
IR Boys 0 #524 29 10,162
BO Boys 0 #526 67 9,244
QA Boys 0 #528 180 18,093
TN 0 #529 342 13,765
CL Boys 0 #532 136 13,390
CM Boys 0 #540 11 12,054
IL Boys 0 #542 66 10,983
MA 0 #543 834 20,986
CM Girls 0 #552 9 11,671
IN Girls 0 #566 66 13,121
BO Girls 0 #580 32 9,488
EG Boys 0 #587 319 15,035
IL Girls 0 #595 23 11,648
MX Boys 0 #600 438 16,355
BR Boys 0 #606 147 12,213
PE Boys 0 #618 278 14,506
LB 0 #629 30 13,263
EG Girls 0 #633 352 14,742
NL Girls 0 #633 335 5,933
KW Boys 0 #634 136 18,755
IT 0 #648 67 4,183
DZ 0 #649 622 20,130
Spain Girls 0 #655 354 5,561
SA Girls 0 #661 276 25,931
IN Boys 0 #667 355 16,750
Finland Boys 2026 #670 13 3,552
SY 0 #675 54 11,684
OM Boys 0 #710 172 17,948
Spain Boys 0 #725 209 5,610
Finland Girls 2026 #730 9 3,895
MX Girls 0 #738 542 17,781
NG Girls 0 #759 28 15,093
CL Girls 0 #778 74 14,098
NL Boys 0 #800 152 5,873
CO Girls 0 #802 289 16,140
Germany Boys 0 #809 144 5,697
BR Girls 0 #832 110 12,708
PE Girls 0 #835 109 14,861
AE Boys 0 #842 252 22,615
NG Boys 0 #854 98 16,906
United States Boys 2024 #887 6 7,044
United States Girls 2024 #912 5 8,487
IT Boys 0 #976 514 10,046
SA Boys 0 #986 740 28,008
ZA Girls 0 #1,038 104 25,928
ZA Boys 0 #1,078 101 25,619
TR 0 #1,103 109 19,440
IT Girls 0 #1,268 179 9,415

San is popular in 95 countries — most recent births per country:

United States
Sweden
France
Canada
AE

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People also ask about San

San is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls.
San is a one syllable name, pronounced /sæn/ (common English pronunciation, rhymes with 'can'),/san/ (typical pronunciation in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and many other languages; the vowel like 'ah').
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Sanne (Dutch diminutive), San (short form of Sandra, Sander, Sanjay, Sanjeev and etc.).
Yes — San ranked #181 in Sweden in 2022, and appears in official birth registries across 5 countries.
San ranks highest in Sweden (#181 in 2022).