Wan
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- WAHN
- Origin
- Chinese
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Wan is a name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Wan mean?
Chinese: meaning depends on the character used
Chinese name element often written with the character for 'gentle, graceful', though other characters are used.
Is Wan a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Wan has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK.
How popular is Wan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Wan, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Wan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Wan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Wan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Hiba, Aaliyah, Razan, Faiza, Safaa, Safiya, Hibah, Rahma
Names related to Wan
More Chinese names
Lian, Jia, Mei, Tai, Tian, Jun, Mulan, Yi, Tao, San, Jian, Han, Mian, Bao, Xia, Lin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wan, updated 20 October 2026.