Aswan
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Aswan by the numbers
Aswan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Aswan
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 Aswan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aspenaspen tree; trembling tree1,113 in the US (2017)
- Aymanblessed, fortunate, auspicious203 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arwennoble maiden; from Welsh ar and gwen72 in England and Wales (2025)
- Asiahgod has made; variant of asher69 in the US (2017)
- Afnanbranches of a tree20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anwenvery fair or very beautiful32 in England and Wales (2025)
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