Lan is one of the names of the protagonist in the German novel "Atalanta Läufer_in" by Lilly Axster. The gender of this character is never revealed and by many assumed to be nonbinary.
― Anonymous User 6/27/2016
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This name is often used in conjunction with another character, e.g. Yulan (Yu-Lan), which literally means "Jade Orchid" and is used to describe a type of Chinese magnolia. Xiulan (Xiu-Lan) is another conjunction, which means "Elegant Orchid".
Whe I typed Lan in, I didn't expect anything to come up. You see this is my mother's nickname, because her real name is Liana, and she just gets called Lan by her friends. Also, she is not Chinese, she is Scottish. For her it is pronounced LAN, not LON. I think this name is very good.