Sifan

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Sifan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Oromo Siifan, Siif (“for you”) + an (“I am, me”) = (I am for you).

rarermore common
  • ETEthiopia≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CNChina≈1 in 125K
  • SESweden1 in 537K

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)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
50 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Ethiopia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Oromo Siifan, Siif (“for you”) + an (“I am, me”) = (I am for you).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sifan 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 Sifan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈11,000 est.≈1 in 125K—Sifan38
ET Ethiopia≈7,600 est.≈1 in 14K—Sifan3
MY Malaysia≈51 est.≈1 in 641K—Sifan2
NG Nigeria≈47 est.≈1 in 4.5M—Sifan4
DE Germany≈40 est.≈1 in 2M1Sifan19
SE Sweden191 in 537K19—2
NO Norway≈9 est.≈1 in 599K20——

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: the de-leipzig-vornamen register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Sifan is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, China, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Şifan

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Si-Fan

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Śìfàñ, Şifan

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Śîfăń, Şifan

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, United Kingdom

    Also written Şifan

  • Amharic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United Kingdom

    Also written ሲፋን

22 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)

Sifan is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A female given name from Oromo, (that indicated am for you)

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

  • In got, romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽

    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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalمرحباً Sifan،Hi Sifan, (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 13 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Sifan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—20#19,381
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—19#25,561
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202014—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201912—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201810—
DE GermanyStadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene20181—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2017——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2016——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2015——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2014——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2013——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2012——

Reference works 1

  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Sifan mean, and where does it come from?
From Oromo Siifan, Siif (“for you”) + an (“I am, me”) = (I am for you). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Sifan?
A machine transcription gives /sɪfæn/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Sifan a male or female name?
Sifan 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 Sifan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Sifan in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sifan.
How common is the name Sifan?
In Sweden, the national register counted 19 people named Sifan, about 1 in 537 thousand 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, “Sifan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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