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Zan

What does Zan mean?

Zan Pronunciation of Zan as a name for boys means "man's defender". Zan is a version of Zander (Slavic, Greek): contraction of Alexander.

ENDS WITH -an

ASSOCIATED WITH defender

Variations

VARIANT Zann

RELATED FORM VIA ZANDER Zandro

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Zan Brandt (Z.B.), ..

How popular is Zan?

Zan is an unusual given name for men but a somewhat prominent surname for both adults and children (#80812 out of 150436, Top 54%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

The only prominent varying form of Zan (NOT IN TOP 2000) is Zander (#259 IN RECENT RANKINGS). Other variants, like Zandro, are seldom used. This relation of Zan reached the top of its popularity in the year 2013 (#230) and has remained as common to this day (#259, 9.2% LESS USAGE). (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Zander in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Zan and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Zan is alike in pronunciation to Cian, Seann, Swain, Swayn, Swen, Syon, Xan, Zain, Zaine, Zane, Zayne and Zion. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ban, Dan, Ean, Han, Ian, Jan, Man, Tan, Van and Zak. These names tend to be more commonly used than Zan.

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