Given name
Enan
“having eyes”·“having fountains”
Enan is a masculine given name. It is used in Cebuano.
Original Hebrewעינן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Enan means “having eyes” or “having fountains.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Enan is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Enan is a diminutive of Ferdinand.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Enan appears in Numbers 1:15.
From biblical name research
Enan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42
- 42 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 7 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 7 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 149 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.
Enan’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Enan is a diminutive of Ferdinand.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 13
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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