Suan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Suan by the numbers

Suan was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 1968, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Suan

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 Suan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sunthe star at centre of solar system13 in the US (2017)
  • Shan15 in the US (2017)
  • Syan6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Suan

Names that are said the same way as Suan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Suhaaneasy, pleasant, or agreeable4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Suhan8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Suan

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