Updated February 19, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Vietnamese : New
  • Russian : Fairy princess

Girl name variations

Tanya

Tanya

+ 42% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Tania

Tania

+ 11% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Tani

Tani

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Tatiana

Tatiana

- 28% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Tatjana

Tatjana

0 % this year
Feminine
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Leather worker
  • Burmese : Million

Boy name variations

Tanner

Tanner

- 13% this year
Neutral
Uncommon
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Tanier

Tanier

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Tann

Tann

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Tanney

Tanney

0 % this year
Masculine
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Tannie

Tannie

0 % this year
Masculine
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Tanny

Tanny

0 % this year
Masculine
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Than

Than

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Tan

Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : from the name of the state of Tan during the Zhou dynasty. After Wu Wang established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he enfeoffed the state of Tan to a descendant of the model emperor Yu (2205–2198 bc), with the status of Viscount. Descendants adopted the name of the state Tan as their surname.
  • Chinese : said to be from the name of a certain King Tan of the state of Song, a 36th-generation descendant of its founder (see Song).
  • Chinese : variant of Chen.
  • Chinese : there are two groups of bearers of the character for this surname: one pronounced Tan, and the other Qin (see Qin), although both are represented with the same character.
  • Korean : there are three Chinese characters for this surname; two of them are used by clans that now have only one surviving family each, according to a recent census. Some records indicate that there are 10 clans that use the third character for their surname, but only two can be documented: the Kangüm clan and the Yönan clan. Neither of these clans is very large.
  • Filipino : unexplained.