Ji-An

given name · Latin script

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

Ji-An is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: name borne by descendants of Xu Jianbo, a senior official of the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 BC).

rarermore common
  • CNChina≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 3.3K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 4.5K

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)

≈1,200,000 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
322 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

China, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Ji-AnLatin(measured from records)
지안Hangul(measured from records)
ЦзяньCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jian in US United States, CN China, MY Malaysia and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

name borne by descendants of Xu Jianbo, a senior official of the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 BC).

Sources 4

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ji-An 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 Ji-An is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,200,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Jian164
ID Indonesia—≈12,000 est.≈1 in 23K—Jian73
MY Malaysia#245≈9,800 est.≈1 in 3.3K—Jian75
US United States—9,3081 in 36K6.8KJian322
TW Taiwan—≈5,100 est.≈1 in 4.6K—Jian102
AU Australia#904≈2,100 est.≈1 in 12K1Jian147
SG Singapore#302≈1,400 est.≈1 in 4.5K—Jian87

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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ji-An is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Jian, Ji'An, Jiàn

4 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1980199020002010Solbi, b. 1984Jeong Ji-an, b. 1990Chae Ji-an, b. 1991Kim Ji An, b. 1992Zo Zee-an, b. 1993Won Ji-an, b. 1999Kim Ji-an, b. 2006Kim Jian, b. 2008
  • Solbib. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer and painter
  • Jeong Ji-anb. 1990KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Chae Ji-anb. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Kim Ji Anb. 1992KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Zo Zee-anb. 1993KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor, born 1993
  • Won Ji-anb. 1999KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress (born 1999)
  • Kim Ji-anb. 2006KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean pop singer, born 2006
  • Kim Jianb. 2008KRSouth Korean actress, born 2008
  • Feng JianJian Feng

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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ji-An under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ji-An mean, and where does it come from?
name borne by descendants of Xu Jianbo, a senior official of the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 BC). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 2 other sources.
Is Ji-An a male or female name?
Ji-An is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Ji-An have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 million people named Ji-An in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jian.
How common is the name Ji-An?
In the United States, the national register counted 9,308 people named Ji-An in 2020, about 1 in 36 thousand residents.
How common is Ji-An compared with other names?
In Malaysia, Ji-An is the 245th most common given name of 388,685 given names recorded there.

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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, “Ji-An” — the 245th most common given name in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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