Given name & surname · also Latin
Chuan
“God is gracious”
Chuan is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Aragonese.
Original Hebrewיוחנן
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chuan goes back to a word meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Chuan comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Chuan developed from יוחנן. Chuan developed from Ἰωάννης.
Chuan’s family of names
Chuan developed from the Hebrew form יוחנן. Chuan has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. Chuan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Chuan has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Chuan comes from · 1 name
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Chuan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Chiun
“pedestal” · “the established one”
26% boys · 74% girls
Chamoun
Chamoun is a surname from French, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in English and French.
67% boys · 33% girls
Zuan
“G-d is gracious”
50% boys · 50% girls
Chenaniah
“Yah has established” · “Yah is firm”
55% boys · 45% girls
Sheshan
“whitish” · “lily”
60% boys · 40% girls
Medan
“strife” · “judgment”
71% boys · 29% girls
Ilán
“oak”
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Katan
“that small one” · “toward smallness”
59% boys · 41% girls