Negan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 44 babies a year in the US.
Negan by the numbers
Negan was given to 44 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 Negan
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 Negan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nevanlittle saint; a form of Nevin5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nehan3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Natanhe gave; a form of Nathan43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nevinlittle saint, holy60 in the US (2017)
- Nayaneye, vision, sight8 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Negan
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