Yan
Meaning
joy (欣) or grace (恩), two words sharing one spelling; the ending of Ka-Yan, Wing-Yan and Tsz-Yan, and a standalone name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yan has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Popularity in Brazil
62,323 people · the #492 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 3,257 · median age 11
Among people named Yan living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 11,640 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Yan
Most people given the name Yan in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Yan deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Yan 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 Yan fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Yan travels
Chinese · swallow, the bird (燕)
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