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Wan name meaning

“a Malay noble title”

Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
W
Origin
Malay
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♂♀ Unisex
Peak 2010s: 2.2%
of the boy top-10 total Peak 2010s: 3%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Malay table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboygirl
1940s––
1950s––
1960s––
1970s––
1980s––
1990s––
2000s––
2010s2.2%3%

Malay Names: WMeaning royaltyMalay origin

Wan is a Malay name element meaning 'a Malay noble title', commonly placed before the personal name of boys and girls.

What does Wan mean?

A Malay noble title

In Malay: gelaran bangsawan Melayu

#Royalty

Sources (3)

About the name Wan

Wan is a title for Malay nobility, according to the Kamus Dewan. In Malaysia the title passes down the father's line and is commonly the first element of full names for both boys and girls, as in Wan Ahmad or Wan Nur Aisyah. In some state dialects wan is also a word for a grandmother, grandfather or aunt. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2010s with 1,088 baby boys.

Gender♂♀ Boys and girls
OriginMalay
SyllablesWan
First letterMalay Names starting with W

Wan in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
Boy: 1,088 · 2.2% Girl: 994 · 3%
People registered with Wan as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Malay table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. PRPM DBP: wan · prpm.dbp.gov.my · meaning
  2. Wikipedia: Malaysian names · en.wikipedia.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Wan · en.wiktionary.org · other

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