Huan
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Huan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: nonstandard spelling of huān.
- VNVietnam≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 11K
- USUnited States1 in 109K
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
- 137 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈290,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Vietnam, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nonstandard spelling of huān
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Huan 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 | — | ≈290,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | Huan | 15 |
| VN Vietnam | #163 | ≈66,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | listed | Huan | 137 |
| US United States | — | 3,054 | 1 in 109K | 2K | Huan | 96 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Huan | 52 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 103K | — | Huan | 45 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 58K | 1 | — | 1 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Huan | 46 |
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)
Huan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In och, ring; encircle; metal ring; royal domain; enclosing wall around the imperial palace
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In cdo, to deduct, to discount Wi) A within a certain time. Fag & to save up by economizing, to oppress, to force. Fall ith PE a sacrifice to expel injurious demons. peed. a guest, a visitor, a stranger, a customer
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In Akan, e, t7. Ak. fwane; to Scratch (neho, the skin when itching)
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In German, abbreviation of Hurensohn (“son of a whore”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ext, a male given name, equivalent to English John
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Sun Huanb. 195CNChinese Eastern Wu state general (194–234)
- Cao Huanb. 246Emperor of Cao Wei from 260 to 266
- Huan Wenb. 312CNChinese general and Jin Dynasty regent (312–373)
- Zhao Kaib. 1101not in their usual nameSong dynasty prince
- Lee Huanb. 1917TWPolitician and former Prime Minister of Taiwan (1917–2010)
- Huan Liub. 1958CNChinese computer scientist
- Gao Huanb. 1990CNbadminton player
- Yan Huanb. 1991CNChinese Go player
- Xia Huanb. 1992CNChinese badminton player
- Huan JieCNLate 2nd/early 3rd century Chinese official
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 45 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 350 | #61,890 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 248 | #77,264 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 202 | #85,996 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Huan mean, and where does it come from?
- nonstandard spelling of huān Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Huan a male or female name?
- Huan 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 Huan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 290 thousand people named Huan in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled huan.
- How common is the name Huan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,054 people named Huan in 2020, about 1 in 109 thousand residents.
- How common is Huan compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Huan is the 163rd most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/huanThe same 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), 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, “Huan” — the 163rd most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.