Forename Yan

In the entire world, Yan (Yan , 印 , Ян , along with others...) is a widespread epicene given name. The first name Yan is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly Mongolia, where it is a prevalent boy's name, Macao, where it is a common primarily female, but very infrequently male name, and Hong Kong, where it is a common largely female, but infrequently boy's name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in China, Mongolia, and Indonesia. Also, Yan is the last name as well as the forename.

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

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First name Yan in the context

Yan is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: John the Apostle , the apostle of Jesus; son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James; traditionally identified with John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple, Gospel of Mark; Jan Bronski , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass; Yan Po , the Water Margin character; Yan Lin , the W.I.T.C.H character, W.I.T.C.H. and Yang Xiao Long , the title character of RWBY, and in many other works.