Iaan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Iaan by the numbers
Iaan was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Iaan
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 Iaan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Iangod is gracious; a form of john5,012 in the US (2017)
- Ivangod is gracious; a form of John3,038 in the US (2017)
- Imanfaith; belief48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilantree119 in the US (2017)
- Imaanfaith, belief105 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ivaangod is gracious; a form of ivan78 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Iaan
Names that are said the same way as Iaan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Iaan
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