Given name & surname
Ladan
“one who is alert and aware”
Ladan is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is alert and aware.”
Original Hebrewלעדן
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is alert and aware.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun 'eden (עדן), “delight, finery or luxury.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. 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 Ladan appears in 1 Chronicles 23:9, 1 Chronicles 6:17.
- 1 Chronicles 23:9
- 1 Chronicles 6:17
From biblical name research
Ladan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 217
- 0 boys · 217 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −82%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 906 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.
Ladan’s family of names
Ladan has a related form in Ladon. Ladan has a related form in Laden. Ladan has a related form in Ladin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ladan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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