Given name & surname
Jacan
“a troublemaker”
Jacan is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a troublemaker.”
Original Hebrewיעכן
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a troublemaker.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Possibly from the Hebrew noun 'achana (עכנא), “serpent.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. 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 Jacan appears in 1 Chronicles 5:13.
From biblical name research
Jacan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 5 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jacan’s family of names
Jacan has a related form in Jacen. Jacan has a related form in Jachin. Jacan has a related form in Jacin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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