Oihan
Origin
Basque
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
forest (Basque); the most popular boys' name in the Basque Country in the 2022 to 2024 period, and a pure Basque-word name
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Oihan has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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