Xiaonan
given name · Latin script
Used for both men and women· registers list it under both sexes; no split published
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ksiəoʊnən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Xiaonan is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CNChina≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 389K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 435K
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)
- Record sources
- 118 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)
≈43,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Xiaonan 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 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Xiaonan | 65 |
| US United States | 318 | 1 in 1M | 198 | Xiaonan | 118 |
| JP Japan | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Xiaonan | 13 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Xiaonan | 27 |
| CA Canada | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Xiaonan | 21 |
| TW Taiwan | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 717K | — | Xiaonan | 6 |
| SG Singapore | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 389K | — | Xiaonan | 10 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 540K | — | Xiaonan | 9 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 435K | — | Xiaonan | 3 |
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. 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Chen Xiaonanb. 1989CNChinese Go player
- Zhang Xiaonanb. 2006CNChinese female snowboarder
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)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)10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 198 | #28,312 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 120 | #28,312 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Xiaonan?
- A machine transcription gives /ksiəoʊnən/ (IPA) for Chinese.
- Is Xiaonan a male or female name?
- Xiaonan is used for both men and women. National registers that list it by sex count it under both: United States (Census Bureau, 2020). We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Xiaonan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 43 thousand people named Xiaonan in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled xiaonan.
- How common is the name Xiaonan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 318 people named Xiaonan in 2020, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
What do you want to know about Xiaonan?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/xiaonanThe 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, “Xiaonan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.