Kwan
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Kwan by the numbers
Kwan was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 1975, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Kwan
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 Kwan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kawanfriend or companion6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kwan
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