Given name
Xoan
“God is gracious”·“one who is well-fed”
Xoan is a variant of Xan. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is well-fed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Galician use, Xoan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Xoan is a variant of Xan. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is well-fed.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
Xoan is a variant of Xan. An origin associated with Xan is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Xoan is used as a form of John.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xoan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,630 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,630 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Xoan’s family of names
Xoan is a form of John. Xoan has a related form in Xan. In Basque usage, Xoan has a related form in Xoane.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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