Dhan

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/dhæn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Dhan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 196K(measured from records)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 48K
  • GYGuyana1 in 83K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,694 people, 2020

Sources
116 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 48K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dhan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dhan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,6941 in 196K851Dhan116
PH Philippines≈1,000 est.≈1 in 106K—Dhan22
MY Malaysia≈690 est.≈1 in 48K—Dhan14
PK Pakistan≈170 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Dhan11
GB United Kingdom≈76 est.≈1 in 869K—Dhan29
HK Hong Kong≈60 est.≈1 in 121K—Dhan3
GY Guyana91 in 83K9——

1,694 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dhan is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dhān

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Dhãn, Dḥān

  • Hindi given name32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, Bangladesh

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written Dhanu, Dhon, ধন, ধনু, Dhunu

  • Nepali given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Nepal, United States

    Also written Dhån

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Spain, India

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dhän

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Dhan is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Scottish Gaelic, contraction of do an

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Somali, completely

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In cja, branch

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Dhan जी,Hi Dhan, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Dhan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020851#8,545
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020843#8,545
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520259#585

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Dhan?
A machine transcription gives /dhæn/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Dhan a male or female name?
Dhan is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Dhan have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.7 thousand people named Dhan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dhan.
How common is the name Dhan?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,694 people named Dhan in 2020, about 1 in 196 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dhan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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