Ashan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Ashan by the numbers
Ashan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Ashan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ashan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Athanimmortal; a form of Athanasios82 in the US (2017)
- Aslanlion62 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashadmore fortunate or more blessed39 in the US (2017)
- Arshanlion-like, brave7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayhanmoon khan or moon leader25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashkanof the Parthian kingdom9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ashan
Names that are said the same way as Ashan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Ashan
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