Lotan

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A biblical name meaning 'covering' or 'veil'

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

/lətən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 132K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GYGuyana1 in 250K
  • KEKenya≈1 in 936K

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.

Israel (inferred from the name graph)

≈66 people, est.

Sources
46 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 132K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A biblical name meaning 'covering' or 'veil'.

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lotan 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 Lotan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IL Israel≈66 est.≈1 in 132K—Lotan13
KE Kenya≈57 est.≈1 in 936K—Lotan6
US United States≈29 est.≈1 in 12M149Lotan23
VN Vietnam≈14 est.≈1 in 7.1M—Lotan4
PL Poland111 in 3.5M33——
GY Guyana31 in 250K3——

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 — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Lotan is also recorded as 3 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 Loṭan

  • Hebrew surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, India, Poland

    Also written לוטן, Lutan, Lottan, Lotán, Loṭan

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lotán

33 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)

Lotan 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.

  • Covering, veil, or wrapped up

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In English, Biblical name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In Serbo-Croatian, masculine singular passive past participle of lotati

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Icelandic, definite nominative singular of lota

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Finnish, genitive singular of lotta

    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)

  • Giora Lotanb. 1902ILIsraeli jurist
  • Yael Lotanb. 1935ILIsraeli author, translator and journalist (1935-2009)
  • Ilana LotanILprofessor,Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Research Member

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)

Informalनमस्ते Lotan जी,Hi Lotan, (English)

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)

Attested in 14 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Lotan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020149#121,931
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010137#125,282
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000112#137,816
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202633—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—33#65,674
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202625—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—25#78,586
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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 Lotan mean, and where does it come from?
A biblical name meaning 'covering' or 'veil'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
How do you pronounce Lotan?
A machine transcription gives /lətən/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Lotan a male or female name?
Lotan 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 Lotan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 66 people named Lotan in Israel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lotan.
How common is the name Lotan?
In Poland, the national register counted 11 people named Lotan in 2026, about 1 in 3.5 million residents.

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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, “Lotan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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