Given name & surname
Adnan
“one who settles in a new region”
Adnan is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who settles in a new region.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who settles in a new region.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adnan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,996
- 2,996 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 118 babies
- 2025
- 112
- #1,539 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 112 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,539 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,276 as a first name in 2020; 1,401 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adnan’s family of names
Adnan has a related form in Adnen. Adnan has a related form in Adnin. Adnan has a related form in Adnon.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adnan
- Adnan MenderesTurkish statesperson (1899–1961)
- Adnan JanuzajBelgian association football player (born 1995)
- Adnan OktarTurkish cult leader (born 1956)
- Adnan KhashoggiSaudi Arabian businessman (1935-2017)
- Adnantraditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs
- Adnan Al TalyaniEmirati association football playerborn 1964
- Adnan TerzićChairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2007born 1960
- Adnan SamiIndian musicianborn 1971
- Adnan BadranJordanian academic and former prime ministerborn 1935
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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