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Around the world, หนาน (Nan , หนาน ) is a common unisex forename. The first name หนาน is characteristic of Myanmar, where it is quite a rare mostly girly, but uncommonly masculine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Mauritius. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, the United States, and Myanmar. Likewise, หนาน is the last name as well as the forename.
หนาน 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.