Given name
Xan
“one who is well-fed”
Xan is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is well-fed.”
Original Hebrewיוחנן
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is well-fed.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In English usage, Xan is a diminutive of Alexander. In Galician usage, Xan developed from יוחנן.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 255
- 132 boys · 123 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 38 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 459 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.
Xan’s family of names
In English usage, Xan is a diminutive of Alexander. In Galician usage, Xan developed from the Hebrew form יוחנן. In Galician usage, Xan has a conventional equivalent in the English form John.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Xan has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Xan comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Xan
- Xan Windsorson of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, and Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster; grandson of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucesterborn 2007
- Xan FieldingBritish Army officer, SOE agent, author and translator (1918–1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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