Chan
Origin
Khmer
Syllables
1
Peak era
1980s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
moon; from Sanskrit chandra. Equally common as a family name, and since Khmer order puts the family name first, US refugee paperwork sometimes turned Chan family names into American first names
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1980s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Chan peaked in the 1980s.
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Khmer and Cambodian baby names · Short names · Gender-neutral names
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