Given name

Hian

“God is full of grace”

Hian is a given name, meaning “God is full of grace.” It is used in Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Hian means “God is full of grace.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Hian through the years

Babies since 1880
33
33 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2020
7 babies
2025
7
#10,060 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20254.1
Hian in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2018–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,060 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Hian’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Hian has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Ian. In Portuguese usage, Hian has a conventional equivalent in the French form Hien. In Portuguese usage, Hian has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form HIAM.

Walk Hian’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Hian has relatives in 10 languages.

9 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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