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Around the globe, หนัน (Nan , หนัน ) is a common epicene first name. The given name หนัน is characteristic of Myanmar, where it is quite a rare largely feminine, but seldom male name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Mauritius. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, the United States, and Myanmar. Likewise, หนัน is the last name as well as the forename.
หนัน 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.