Updated July 14, 2023

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : Goddess of compassion

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Vietnamese : Dignified
  • African American : Strong-willed

Boy name variations

Quannell

Quannell

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Kwan

Kwan

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Kwanell

Kwanell

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Kwanelle

Kwanelle

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Quanelle

Quanelle

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Quannel

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How Popular Is The Name Quan

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cúáin ‘descendant of Cúán’ (see Coyne).
  • Chinese : from a word that means ‘coin’. During the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) the coin official was an important functionary in charge of currency. Descendants of a coin official adopted the character as their surname. However, another character, , meaning ‘all’, pronounced identically, came to be used more often as a surname.
  • Chinese : from the state of Quan, which existed during the Shang dynasty (1766–1122 bc). The name of the state is identical to a word meaning ‘power’. The Shang king Wu Ding granted the state to his grandson, whose descendants adopted Quan as their surname.