Given name & surname
Jehan
Jehan is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a beautiful flower; woman of the world.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a beautiful flower; woman of the world.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
Jehan developed from יוחנן. Jehan developed from Ἰωάννης.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jehan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 503
- 156 boys · 347 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,132 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,132 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 1,016 as a first name in 2020; 332 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.
Jehan’s family of names
Jehan has a short form in Hank. Jehan developed from the Hebrew form יוחנן. Jehan has a conventional equivalent in the English form John.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jehan has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
16 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hankshort form
- Johanvariant · Old French
- Johannesvariant · German
- Jahanvariant
- Jihanvariant
- Jenshort form · English
- Iehanvariant · Middle French
- Jyhanvariant
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Across languages 54
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- JohnEnglish
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
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- Seanderivative · English
- Shanederivative · English
- Joanequivalent
- Shawnderivative · English
- Jeandescendant · French, nrf
- Jonequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Shaunderivative · English
- Janderivative · English
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Shaunaderivative · English
- Jhanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Johannèsequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Seánborrowing · Irish
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Jehannesequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- יוחנןroot · Hebrew
- Ἰωάννηςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Jehan
- Jehan Sadathuman rights activist and former First Lady of Egypt.1933–2021
- Jehan AlainFrench organist and composer (1911-1940)
- Thoinot ArbeauFrench dance manual author and priest (1520-1595)
- Jehan BuhanFrench fencer (1912-1999)
- Jehan de LescurelFrench composer1300–1304
- Jehan BellegambeFrench painter (1470-1534)
- Jehan Georges VibertFrench academic painter (1840-1902)
- Jehan MubarakSri Lankan cricketerborn 1981
- Jehan BarburTurkish singer (born 1980)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Jehan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“jewel, gem”
50% boys · 50% girls
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“small bird; sparrow”
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আখতার
“star”
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Lamar
“from the renowned land” · “of the sea”
86% boys · 14% girls
Hoa
“one who is peaceful; resembling a flower”
49% boys · 51% girls
Dynell
“a man of the sea”
91% boys · 9% girls
Jetahl
“resembling the jet-black lustrous gemstone”
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Liethan
“from the broad river”
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