Given name & surname
Jahan
“man of the world”
Jahan is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “man of the world.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “man of the world.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
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
Jahan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 877
- 832 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 49
- #2,957 for boys · #12,434 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +25%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 42 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,957 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 967 as a first name in 2020; 2,601 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.
Jahan’s family of names
Jahan has a feminine form in Jahana. Jahan has a related form in Jihan. Jahan has a related form in Jehan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jahan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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