Yosan
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Yosan by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Yosan. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Yosan
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 Yosan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- YohanaGod is gracious; feminine form of John49 in the US (2017)
- YoanaGod is gracious; a form of Joanna12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yifansuitable manner or joyful15 in the US (2017)
- Yoshigood or righteous; typically a masculine given name14 in the US (2017)
- Yishanrighteous mountain; virtuous peak5 in the US (2017)
- Yojanadistance measure; span or journey5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Yosan
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