Forename Tan

Globally, Tan (Tan , タン , แทน , among others...) is a widespread epicene first name. The forename Tan is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Singapore, where it is a common unisex name, Brunei, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Malaysia (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, China, and Vietnam. More frequently, Tan is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Tan is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Tan

name Tannum, name Shan, name Тан, name Tam, name Jeen, name Csen, name Tannen, name Gin, name Taner, name Stand, name Tannare, name Tawny, name Tàn, name Jin, name Tannian, name Tannetum, name Tannin, name Trần, name Akai, name Dìng, name Tami, name Thiện, name Dàn, name Tamén, name Chin, name Тань, name Dān, name Tand, name Dan, name Chén, name Chan, name Tanne, name Akasi, name Tanguy, name Tanul, name Tań, name Feminis, name Também, name Tañ, name Thâm, name タン, name Taň, name Tan, name ตัน, name Tana, name 譚, name Tano, name แทน, name Tawn, name טאן, name Tan Tành, name Tannic, name تان, name Chen, name Tran, name Niwa, name Akashi, name Tanto, name Tani

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Tan	Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore
タン	Japan
ตัน, แทน	Thailand
تان	Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Тан	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Russia
譚	China
Тань	Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
טאן	Israel

First names said to be same

Akai, Akashi, Akasi, Chan, Chen, Chin, Chén, Csen, Dan, Dàn, Dìng, Dān, Feminis, Gin, Jeen, Jin, Niwa, Shan, Stand, Tam, Também, Tami, Tamén, Tan Tành, Tana, Tand, Taner, Tanguy, Tani, Tannare, Tanne, Tannen, Tannetum, Tannian, Tannic, Tannin, Tannum, Tano, Tanto, Tanul, Tawn, Tawny, Tañ, Tań, Taň, Thiện, Thâm, Tran, Trần, Tàn,

First name Tan in the context

Tan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Tan Yuster , character in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

Notable namesakes

	fu tan (b. 538)
	tan quanbo general (b. 834)
	hu tan politician (b. 1445)
	hu tan Ming dynasty person CBDB = 200513 (b. 1452)
	cui tan (1725-1801) (b. 1725)
	tan tock seng Singaporean merchant and philanthropist, MY (b. 1798)
	tan kim seng Singaporean philanthropist, MY (b. 1805)
	tan hiok nee Chinese mayor, MY (b. 1827)
	tan howe liang Singaporean weightlifter, SG (b. 1933)
	hiong liong tan Indonesian-Dutch chess master, ID (b. 1938)
	altan tan Turkish politician, TR (b. 1958)
	tran van tan FR (b. 1898)
	sie tiat tan (b. 1904)
	tan siew sin Malaysian politician (1916-1988), MY (b. 1916)
	tan chuan-jin Singaporean politician, SG (b. 1969)

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Ab, Ar, An, Al, Sk, Sy, So, Se, Ad, Su, Sa, Mg, Ms, Mr, My, Mu, Mi, Mo, Si, and As