Given name & surname
Gagan
“a dedicated man”
Gagan is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a dedicated man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a dedicated man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gagan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 68 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,117 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,117 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 836 as a first name in 2020; 460 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.
Gagan’s family of names
Gagan has a related form in Gagen. Gagan has a related form in Gagin. Gagan has a related form in Gagon.
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Around the world
Gagan has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Gagan
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