Chuan
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˌtʃuˈɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Chuan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan), literally “God is gracious”.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 4.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 7.7K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 75K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- LatinIohannes(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(measured from records)
- Hebrewיוחנןyókhanan(measured from records)
From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan), literally “God is gracious”.
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Chuan 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.2K | — | Chuan | 44 |
| MY Malaysia | #585 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Chuan | 70 |
| US United States | — | 1,126 | 1 in 295K | 797 | Chuan | 161 |
| SG Singapore | #540 | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 7.7K | — | Chuan | 79 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 181K | — | Chuan | 55 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 75K | 1 | Chuan | 89 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈65 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Chuan | 21 |
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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Chuan is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Aragonese, a male given name, equivalent to English John or Spanish Juan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of chuān
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Scottish Gaelic, lenited form of cuan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In och, river
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, Boat
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In cdo, splendid, shining
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
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)
- Zhong Chuanb. 801Tang Dynasty nonimperial prince
- Zhao Kaib. 1101not in their usual nameSong dynasty prince
- Cristóvão Ferreirab. 1580PTnot in their usual namePortuguese Jesuit missionary
- Xue Huanb. 1815not in their usual nameQing dynasty politician
- Hu Chuanb. 1841Qing dynasty person CBDB = 84448 (1841–1895)
- Lee Huanb. 1917TWnot in their usual namePolitician and former Prime Minister of Taiwan (1917–2010)
- Shang Chuanb. 1945CNChinese historian
- Chuanju XuCNnot in their usual namePh.D. Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie - Paris VI 1993
- Chen Huannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 372547
- Liu Huannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 156043
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 797 | #11,397 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 329 | #11,397 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2013 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1989 | 1 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- What does the name Chuan mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan), literally “God is gracious”. Recorded by Wiktionary and Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2).
- How do you pronounce Chuan?
- A machine transcription gives /ˌtʃuˈɑn/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Chuan a male or female name?
- Chuan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Chuan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 152 thousand people named Chuan in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chuan.
- How common is the name Chuan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,126 people named Chuan in 2020, about 1 in 295 thousand residents.
- How common is Chuan compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Chuan is the 540th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/chuanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Chuan” — the 540th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.