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The baby name Yan is a Girl name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced YAHN.

Yan is Belarusian, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Girl
Syllables: 1
Origin: Belarusian, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew
Pronunciation: YAHN

What is the meaning of the name Yan ?

The baby name Yan is a girl name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced YAHN.

Yan is Belarusian, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew in Origin.

Chinese Yan is a pinyin spelling rather than a single written name: it may represent characters such as 艳, earlier 艷, yàn, an adjective for gorgeous or bright-colored beauty, or 燕, yàn, swallow and the ancient state of Yan. As a feminine given name, the beauty sense is often intended. A separate European Yan is Belarusian Ян, a form of John, ultimately from Greek Iōannēs and Hebrew Yōḥānān, built from yō, Yahweh, and ḥanan, to show favor.

In Chinese naming, Yan appears in personal names and surnames, with the written character fixing the meaning; notable bearers include tennis player Yan Zi and painter Yan Pei-Ming. Place-name associations reach back to the Zhou-period state of Yan and later polities in northeast China. In Slavic contexts Yan/Ян is normally masculine, corresponding to Jan, Ian, Ivan, and Johann. In the United States it remains uncommon and is often tied to Chinese or Eastern European family usage.

Yan has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Yan

Yan Frenkel Actor · Born 1920 · Soviet Union Yan Frenkel was a Soviet composer and performer best known for his popular songs and film music. Of Jewish descent, he wrote well-known works including “Zhuravli” and “Russian Field,” and he was honored with the USSR State Prize in 1982 and named People's Artist of the USSR in 1989.

Yan – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Boys 2024 #1 — 820
ET 0 #6 1 246
KH Girls 0 #6 1 148
KH Boys 0 #9 1 270
HK Girls 0 #10 5,059 16,104
CN 0 #12 92 3,857
MO Girls 0 #13 473 7,056
MV 0 #19 1 644
MO 0 #20 33 2,706
CN Girls 0 #26 1,015 8,829
BN 0 #28 5 2,297
ID 0 #32 8 2,238
MT 0 #43 1 1,767
PR 0 #53 3 1,497
CM 0 #54 3 2,592
HK 0 #61 491 8,483
LU 0 #64 3 2,830
JP 0 #76 2 4,057
TW 0 #76 25 4,523
MV Boys 0 #77 3 3,375
ID Boys 0 #78 56 4,130
MD Boys 0 #81 1 756
BG 0 #82 1 1,799
SG Girls 0 #82 1,261 18,916
PH 0 #87 10 5,607
BN Girls 0 #90 17 5,459
JM 0 #93 1 3,714
KZ 0 #93 2 1,452
CN Boys 0 #97 325 9,639
ID Girls 0 #97 6 3,319
QA 0 #99 8 7,011
BN Boys 0 #101 33 6,332
SD 0 #102 1 2,130
OM 0 #117 5 6,215
MY 0 #122 232 12,352
Switzerland Boys 2024 #130 8 1,769
CY Boys 0 #130 2 3,473
MU 0 #133 5 3,613
SG 0 #135 144 11,010
PA 0 #137 2 3,797
JO 0 #140 1 2,158
EE Girls 0 #142 1 1,888
MY Girls 0 #142 2,408 24,821
RU Boys 0 #145 822 12,621
MT Girls 0 #147 7 3,773
LT Boys 0 #150 2 2,166
BW Girls 0 #151 1 4,216
BW Boys 0 #153 2 4,685
CR 0 #160 6 5,526
HK Boys 0 #163 867 12,905
PR Boys 0 #164 11 2,508
MT Boys 0 #166 11 4,064
HU Boys 0 #169 6 3,954
MO Boys 0 #172 52 5,842
RU 0 #176 14 3,641
TW Boys 0 #177 66 7,111
LU Boys 0 #180 39 4,970
UY 0 #181 2 2,477
AE 0 #182 6 10,220
CZ 0 #182 5 3,154
LU Girls 0 #188 3 4,850
AR 0 #190 4 2,915
KZ Boys 0 #195 99 6,578
PS 0 #196 23 5,692
LT Girls 0 #200 1 1,904
MU Boys 0 #204 162 8,477
TW Girls 0 #205 72 8,139
DK 0 #206 1 5,198
BG Boys 0 #215 6 3,850
JP Girls 0 #215 31 6,592
AO Girls 0 #216 2 4,575
HU Girls 0 #220 6 3,308
SG Boys 0 #226 720 17,960
IR 0 #228 4 4,221
IL 0 #235 40 6,291
NA Girls 0 #237 1 7,146
BD 0 #239 3 5,992
IL Boys 0 #239 563 10,983
EC Boys 0 #240 7 3,322
AO Boys 0 #246 4 5,568
JM Girls 0 #246 14 7,507
GR Girls 0 #248 2 6,293
PT 0 #248 3 4,161
MY Boys 0 #253 1,832 25,439
NA Boys 0 #253 1 6,830
EC Girls 0 #256 3 3,650
HR Boys 0 #258 2 3,997
JP Boys 0 #259 39 7,909
GR Boys 0 #270 4 6,912
BR Boys 0 #273 1,025 12,213
Canada Girls 2024 #281 5 2,795
QA Girls 0 #281 36 15,378
PS Boys 0 #283 337 10,655
CZ Boys 0 #284 21 6,530
SA 0 #284 12 10,560
JM Boys 0 #290 4 6,876
PE 0 #296 15 6,350
Canada Boys 2024 #297 10 2,588
GT 0 #303 12 5,948
DK Girls 0 #307 10 7,429
PL Boys 0 #311 25 6,459
BR 0 #312 34 5,969
PH Boys 0 #314 70 11,440
PH Girls 0 #317 75 13,098
KZ Girls 0 #325 8 5,862
DK Boys 0 #328 5 7,401
JO Girls 0 #332 8 7,570
MU Girls 0 #332 20 8,539
PT Boys 0 #333 35 7,951
GH Boys 0 #358 4 8,138
SD Girls 0 #358 1 7,678
PL Girls 0 #360 5 5,096
France Girls 1995 #364 3 2,174
BO 0 #371 11 6,868
OM Girls 0 #373 24 15,987
France Boys 2021 #378 10 2,865
Finland Girls 0 #379 13 1,368
PA Boys 0 #381 101 9,305
UY Boys 0 #383 17 5,922
CM Boys 0 #384 180 12,054
JO Boys 0 #386 4 7,057
MX 0 #393 21 8,339
YE 0 #396 3 8,639
BD Girls 0 #406 1 8,413
Austria Girls 0 #411 10 1,885
EG 0 #411 2 6,387
Finland Boys 0 #415 13 2,041
Germany 0 #419 19 2,542
CL 0 #426 9 6,867
Austria Boys 0 #433 10 2,180
SD Boys 0 #433 13 10,523
Spain 0 #440 13 2,326
AR Boys 0 #448 20 7,628
AE Girls 0 #451 103 20,968
CO Boys 0 #454 657 15,656
CR Girls 0 #456 77 11,342
GT Boys 0 #456 19 7,625
RU Girls 0 #456 43 11,913
KW Girls 0 #458 58 19,177
CO 0 #459 22 7,768
PA Girls 0 #461 21 9,861
PT Girls 0 #464 8 7,952
CR Boys 0 #470 18 10,188
ZA 0 #473 2 14,421
CL Boys 0 #485 188 13,390
PE Boys 0 #488 514 14,506
GT Girls 0 #495 11 7,500
PS Girls 0 #514 10 10,981
IQ Girls 0 #517 9 11,303
CM Girls 0 #522 19 11,671
BH 0 #527 27 17,937
IR Boys 0 #528 25 10,162
UY Girls 0 #530 7 6,731
AR Girls 0 #539 61 8,289
IR Girls 0 #544 2 8,334
LY 0 #557 3 12,703
BO Boys 0 #567 26 9,244
IL Girls 0 #593 25 11,648
BO Girls 0 #599 13 9,488
BD Boys 0 #601 5 10,045
IN Girls 0 #622 10 13,121
Finland Boys 2026 #651 32 3,552
IQ Boys 0 #654 14 13,071
QA Boys 0 #668 40 18,093
LB 0 #682 9 13,263
IT 0 #696 19 4,183
Finland Girls 2026 #705 34 3,895
KW Boys 0 #744 26 18,755
SY 0 #760 8 11,684
Germany Girls 0 #771 68 4,949
CL Girls 0 #800 52 14,098
MX Boys 0 #805 181 16,355
SA Girls 0 #810 126 25,931
TN 0 #812 18 13,765
Germany Boys 0 #822 131 5,697
NG Girls 0 #824 3 15,093
Spain Boys 0 #836 95 5,610
United States Boys 2024 #849 44 7,044
OM Boys 0 #862 20 17,948
Spain Girls 0 #864 120 5,561
NL Girls 0 #865 91 5,933
NL Boys 0 #870 82 5,873
EG Boys 0 #871 16 15,035
PE Girls 0 #908 36 14,861
United States Girls 2017 #914 5 9,202
DZ 0 #918 260 20,130
MX Girls 0 #923 266 17,781
BR Girls 0 #930 12 12,708
EG Girls 0 #941 19 14,742
NG Boys 0 #942 10 16,906
MA 0 #968 161 20,986
IN Boys 0 #983 19 16,750
CO Girls 0 #1,007 72 16,140
AE Boys 0 #1,024 69 22,615
IT Girls 0 #1,092 363 9,415
ZA Girls 0 #1,120 22 25,928
ZA Boys 0 #1,143 36 25,619
TR 0 #1,164 48 19,440
IT Boys 0 #1,193 280 10,046
SA Boys 0 #1,427 188 28,008

Yan is popular in 84 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Canada
Switzerland
United States
Ireland

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People also ask about Yan

Yan is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls.
Yan is a one syllable name, pronounced YAHN.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Yen, Jan, Ian, Ivan, Johann and Ioannes.
Yes, very popular — Yan ranked #1 in Ireland in 2024, and appears in official birth registries across 7 countries.
Yan ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2024).
Yes — 1 notable people named Yan are in our database, including Yan Frenkel (Actor).