Xuan
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/swaŋ˧˥/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Xuan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Vietnam it is the 28th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).
- VNVietnam≈1 in 526(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 6.8K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 11K
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
- 198 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 526 (inferred from the name graph)
≈350,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Vietnam, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
- LatinIohannes(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(measured from records)
- HebrewיוחנןYôḥānān“Yahweh is gracious”(measured from records)
From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).
Sources 3
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
- Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Xuan 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 | — | ≈350,000 est. | ≈1 in 4K | — | Xuan | 23 |
| VN Vietnam | #28 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 526 | listed | Xuan | 198 |
| US United States | — | 6,908 | 1 in 48K | 4.9K | Xuan | 127 |
| MY Malaysia | #462 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | — | Xuan | 63 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 100K | — | Xuan | 23 |
| SG Singapore | #606 | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Xuan | 51 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Xuan | 5 |
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. 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)
Xuan is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In och, to turn around, to wheel; to turn around, return; all round; agile; ring
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of xuān
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Asturian, John (Biblical figure)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In och, Flutter the eyes, scared
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
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)
- Zheng Xuanb. 127CNChinese philosopher, politician and writer (127–200)
- Emperor Xizong of Tangb. 862not in their usual nameemperor of the Tang Dynasty
- Zhou Xuanb. 1918CNChinese actress and singer (1920-1957)
- Viet Xuan Luongb. 1965USAmerican general
- Zhang Xuanb. 1968CNChinese female go player
- Michelle Yeb. 1980CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
- Huang Xuanb. 1985CNChinese actor
- Océane Zhub. 1987FRnot in their usual nameChinese actress
- Minh Nguyễnb. 1987USnot in their usual nameVietnamese-American software engineer, mapper and Wikimedian
- Deng Xuanb. 1992CNHong Kong badminton player
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)
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 60 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 812 | #30,718 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 445 | #47,614 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 177 | #95,567 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- How do you pronounce Xuan?
- A machine transcription gives /swaŋ˧˥/ (IPA) for Vietnamese.
- What does the name Xuan mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names and 1 other source.
- Is Xuan a male or female name?
- Xuan 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.
- What are other forms of the name Xuan?
- In the etymology graph, John, Juan and Ivan are forms of the same name in other languages; Juanito is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Xuan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 348 thousand people named Xuan in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled xuan.
- How common is the name Xuan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,908 people named Xuan in 2020, about 1 in 48 thousand residents.
- How common is Xuan compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Xuan is the 28th 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/xuanThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Xuan” — the 28th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.