Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 Yan
/YAN/
Meaning
“God is gracious”
Chinese, Hebrew, and Slavic name with multiple origins; in Hebrew it is a variant of Yann or John meaning 'God is gracious', and in Chinese contexts it carries meanings of 'swallow' or 'beautiful'.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Short and cross-cultural; works across multiple linguistic contexts.
The cultural moment.
Used in Brazil as an accessible short masculine name from the 2000s onward.