Gohan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 34 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
34
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Gohan by the numbers

Gohan was given to 34 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 Gohan

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 Gohan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Guhancave or secret4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Golancircuit or hill; from the region in the Levant5 in the US (2017)
  • Gothamgoat village; from place name37 in the US (2017)
  • Gagansky5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Gavanwhite hawk6 in the US (2017)
  • Gyaanknowledge or wisdom4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Gohan

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