Given name & surname
Tahan
“encampment”
Tahan is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewתחן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Tahan means “encampment.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Tahan is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hana (חנה), “to camp down.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. 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 Tahan appears in Numbers 26:35, 1 Chronicles 7:20, 1 Chronicles 7:25.
- Numbers 26:35
- 1 Chronicles 7:20
- 1 Chronicles 7:25
From biblical name research
Tahan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 6 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 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 497 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.
Tahan’s family of names
Tahan may belong to the same name family as TAHANN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 16
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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