Given name
Deshan
“of the nation”
Deshan is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “of the nation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “of the nation.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deshan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 265
- 253 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 304 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Deshan’s family of names
Deshan has a related form in Deshad. Deshan has a related form in Deshal.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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