Hian

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 45K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 79K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 46K

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.

Brazil (measured from records)

2,693 people, 2022

Sources
69 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 45K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hian 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.

Where Hian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil2,6931 in 79K2.7KHian69
MY Malaysia≈730 est.≈1 in 45K—Hian38
SG Singapore≈140 est.≈1 in 46K—Hian48
US United States≈92 est.≈1 in 3.6M7Hian66
PH Philippines≈91 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Hian12
UY Uruguay481 in 71K48Hian7
PA Panama≈22 est.≈1 in 180K—Hian2

2,693 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hian is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hiaṅ

  • Khmer given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Philippines

    Also written Hiaṅ

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Hian is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Khmer, (in) snail. npOttrTJS a decorative design resembling the shell of a snail, arabesque. C[fi]us&

    as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ)

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)

500100015002000Cao Xian, b. 541Li Xian, b. 653Wang Xian, b. 1721Ho Yin, b. 1908Patrick Tse Yin, b. 1936Sun Xianzhong, b. 1957Chen Xian, b. 1997
  • Cao Xianb. 541not in their usual nameSui dynasty person CBDB = 94476
  • Li Xianb. 653not in their usual nameTang Dynasty crown prince
  • Wang Xianb. 1721not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB=65769
  • Ho Yinb. 1908PTnot in their usual namePortuguese politician
  • Patrick Tse Yinb. 1936CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor (1936–2026)
  • Sun Xianzhongb. 1957CNnot in their usual nameChinese jurist
  • Chen Xianb. 1997CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
  • Pang Xiannot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 318423
  • Zhang Xiannot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB=35498
  • Yao Xiannot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 310505

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Hian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—130#51,862

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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

Is Hian a male or female name?
Hian 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 Hian have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 2.7 thousand people named Hian, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hian.
How common is the name Hian?
In Brazil, the national register counted 2,693 people named Hian in 2022, about 1 in 79 thousand residents.

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The same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.

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, “Hian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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