Wan
Meaning
cloud (雲); a common Cantonese given name evoking grace and drifting beauty
Popularity, 1890–2024
Wan does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
301 people · the #18,999 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 24
Among people named Wan living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Wan deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Wan truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Wan fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Wan travels
Chinese · graceful, gentle (婉)
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