Yoan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”, Bulgarian and French form of John. A form of John used in Bulgarian and French, from the Hebrew Yochanan.

Yoan

Gender: Boy
Say it: YOH-an
Origin: Hebrew
UK rank, 2025: #2,342 for boys
US rank, 2025: #3,582 for boys

Yoan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).

What does Yoan mean?

Hebrew: Bulgarian and French form of John

“God is gracious”

A form of John used in Bulgarian and French, from the Hebrew Yochanan.

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

Yoan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Yoan in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,342among boys
Babies in 2025: 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Yoan, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 boys.

2025 had more boys named Yoan than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Yoan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 11 in 20192025

Yoan in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	10	#2,342
2024	8	#2,750
2023	9	#2,468
2022	7	#2,922
2021	9	#2,434
2020	11	#2,052
2019	11	#2,102
2018	5	#3,596
2017	6	#3,191
2016	8	#2,690
2015	5	#3,527
2014	9	#2,378
2013	5	#3,466
2012	0	–
2011	3	#4,837
2010	5	#3,478
2009	5	#3,395
2008	6	#2,906
2007	0	–
2006	1	#5,377

How popular is Yoan in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,582among boys
Babies in 2025: 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 49% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Yoan, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the boys named Yoan in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Yoan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #3,582 for this spelling alone.

Jhoan 51
Yoan 31

1988Busiest: 33 in 20242025

Yoan in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	31	#3,582
2024	33	#3,453
2023	24	#4,339
2022	23	#4,438
2021	24	#4,243
2020	18	#5,037
2019	27	#3,896
2018	14	#6,032
2017	13	#6,334
2016	7	#9,659
2015	14	#5,995
2014	15	#5,729
2013	15	#5,655
2012	21	#4,530
2011	14	#5,939
2010	17	#5,248
2009	18	#5,100
2008	17	#5,244
2007	18	#4,994
2006	19	#4,671
2005	14	#5,572
2004	18	#4,597
2003	12	#5,870
2002	19	#4,182
2001	11	#6,006
2000	10	#6,309
1999	7	#7,867
1998	6	#8,472
1997	6	#8,104
1996	5	#9,008
1995	11	#5,118
1994	9	#5,862
1993	5	#8,693
1992	0	–
1991	0	–
1990	6	#7,171
1989	0	–
1988	5	#7,264

Names like Yoan

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

Yug Yusuf Kairo Loki Yitzchok Yunus Yakov Rumi Shko Minh Mika Guto

Other spellings of Yoan

Jhoan

Names related to Yoan

Yohan Yona Yan Yonah Yoni Yohann Yony

More Hebrew names

Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yoan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yoan, updated 20 October 2026.