Given name & surname

Jaran

“a song of rejoicing”

Jaran is a variant of Jaron. One interpretation is “a song of rejoicing.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Jaran is a variant of Jaron. One interpretation is “a song of rejoicing.”

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jaran through the years

Babies since 1880
236
236 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1989
15 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02468198020002025Highest share 19890.0
Jaran in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1978–2025, 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 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.

Jaran’s family of names

Jaran has a related form in Jaron.

Walk Jaran’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Jaran, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

American

Jamar

“a handsome man”

36RareEasing

>99% boys

French · Royal

Jacques

“he who supplants” · “heel grabber”

37RareEasing

>99% boys

Arabic

Jamal

“a handsome man”

45UncommonEasing

>99% boys

 

Johnathon

“God has given” · “a gift of God”

35RareCooling

>99% boys

 

Johnathan

“God has given” · “a gift of God”

59FamiliarEasing

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Jaleel

“a majestic man”

36RareEasing

>99% boys

Latin · Mythological

Jovan

Jovan is a masculine given name. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

39RareEasing

>99% boys

 

Stephan

“crowned with garland”

38RareEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jaran’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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