Given name & surname
Pan
Pan is a surname from Mandarin. It is used in English and Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Pan is associated with the god of the shepherds.
Pan’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Pan as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Pua. Pan has a related form in Pann. In English usage, Pan as a surname has a related form in BAN.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pan has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pan
- Pan Nalinfilm director
- Pan HalippaRomanian politician (1883–1979)
- Pan Bouyoucasplaywright working in Quebecborn 1946
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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