Around the globe, หนั่น (Nan 
, หนั่น) is a common unisex first name. The forename หนั่น is habitual in Myanmar, where it is quite a rare mostly girly, but uncommonly male name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Mauritius. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in India, the United States, and Myanmar. Likewise, หนั่น is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Nan | Myanmar, United States, Malaysia, India, China |
หนั่น is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Anne "Nan” Blythe , character in Rainbow Valley; Nan , the theatrical character in the play "Three days of rain"; Nan , the operatic character in the opera New Year by Michael Tippett; Donny and Jo Ann's foster mother; Nan Jocelyn , the musical character in the musical The New Aladdin and Nan Hatton , the musical character in the musical Oh, My Dear!, among other works.