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Joran

Gender
Boy
Say it
JOR-un
Origin
Greek

Joran is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “farmer”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Joran mean?

Greek: Scandinavian form (Swedish Jöran) of George

“farmer”

A Scandinavian form of George; Göran and Jöran are Swedish versions of the name.

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Is Joran a girl's or a boy's name?

Joran is a boys' name.

How popular is Joran in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.

Half of all the boys named Joran in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

1979Busiest: 13 in 20062014
Joran in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20146#10,711
20130–
20120–
20117#9,593
20100–
20090–
200810#7,693
20070–
200613#6,090
200512#6,220
20046#9,941
20039#7,238
20028#7,636
20015#10,548
20009#6,832
19990–
19986#8,472
19970–
19966#7,964
19950–
19948#6,366
19938#6,221
19920–
19917#6,511
199010#4,986
198910#4,805
19886#6,420
19879#4,567
19867#5,327
19850–
198410#3,922
19835#6,234
19828#4,591
19810–
19800–
19797#4,840

Names like Joran

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Joran

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Joran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joran, updated 20 October 2026.