Isan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Isan by the numbers
Isan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Isan
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 Isan. 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)
- Isajesus; form of Issa or Yisa207 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isaivariant of Isaiah; God is salvation194 in the US (2017)
- Imanfaith; belief48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilantree119 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Isan
Names that are said the same way as Isan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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