Given name & surname
Nissan
“a miracle child”
Nissan is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a miracle child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a miracle child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nissan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94
- 89 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 309 as a first name in 2020; 781 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.
Nissan’s family of names
Nissan has a related form in Nisan. In Greek usage, Nissan is a transliteration of Νισσάν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nissan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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