Papan

given name · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • THThailand≈1 in 1.9Kas ประพันธ์(inferred from the name graph)
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 154K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Papan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Thailand (inferred from the name graph)

≈35,000 named ประพันธ์, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
93 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 154K (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ประภาสThai(measured from records)
PappanLatin(measured from records)
পাপানBengali(measured from records)

28 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled ประพันธ์ in TH Thailand, ID Indonesia, Pappan in PK Pakistan and Praphat in MY Malaysia.

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

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)

Papan 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 Papan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TH Thailand#134≈35,000 est.≈1 in 1.9K#346,302ประพันธ์93
ID Indonesia—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 199K—ประพันธ์1
BD Bangladesh—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 154K—Papan12
PK Pakistan—≈220 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Pappan8
MY Malaysia—≈42 est.≈1 in 779K—Praphat5
PL Poland—31 in 13M3——

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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). 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)

Papan 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 Papán

  • Romanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania

    Also written Păpan

  • Slovak surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Papán, Pápan

34 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)

Papan is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Malay, plank, board

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

  • In Indonesian, plank

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

  • In zlm, plank; board; strake; flooring; numeral coefficient for games played on boards, such as chess and draughts

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Sundanese, plank, board; in a wider sense, any flat object; plank (of wood, stone, etc.)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In mog, stick or lath used to tap down the weft thread (in weaving)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In mrw, lumber, board; arrange checkers or chess (pieces) on board

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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)

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 Papan जी,Hi Papan, (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.

Reference works 2

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

How do you pronounce Papan?
A machine transcription gives /pɑpən/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Papan a male or female name?
Papan 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 Papan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named ประพันธ์ in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Papan?
In Poland, the national register counted 3 people named Papan in 2026, about 1 in 13 million residents.
How common is Papan compared with other names?
In Thailand, Papan is the 134th most common given name of 488,147 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, “Papan” — the 134th most common given name in Thailand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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