Baby name

STABLE UNISEX · HEBREW-SLAVIC-CHINESE
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Yan

/YAN/


“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'.

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. Worldwide, it's one of the most common given names of all — an estimated 15 million people share it (around #10 globally).