Meaning & origin
What it means
Lán goes back to a word meaning “an old Czech measure unit.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Lán’s family of names
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People named Lán
- Zhang LanChinese politician and revolutionary1872–1955
- Qin LanChinese actress and singerborn 1979
- Yang LanChinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostessborn 1968
- Chua LamSingaporean Hong Kong writer (1941–2025)
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