Sahan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Sahan by the numbers
Sahan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Sahan
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 Sahan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saganone who speaks; a storyteller79 in the US (2017)
- Sohanpleasant, agreeable30 in the US (2017)
- Sahajnatural; innate; easy7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sahascourage; bravery8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sayanwandering; traveling10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shahanking; royal17 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Sahan
Names that are said the same way as Sahan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sayhan5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sahan
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