Submitted Names Matching Pattern *an

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Zîvan f Kurdish
Means "couch grass" in Kurdish.

Ziwan f Chinese
From the Chinese 子 (zi) meaning "child" and 婉 (wǎn) meaning "amiable, congenial", 菀 (wǎn) meaning "luxuriance of growth", 纨 (wán) meaning "white silk" or 湾 (wān) meaning "bay, cove".

Zixian f Chinese
From the Chinese 紫 (zǐ) meaning "purple, violet" and 纤 (xiān) meaning "fine, delicate" or 子 (zi) meaning "child" and 仙 (xiān) meaning "transcendent, immortal".

Zixuan f & m Chinese
From Chinese 子 (zǐ) meaning "child" combined with 萱 (xuān) meaning "day lily", 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade", 瑄 (xuān) meaning "ornamental piece of jade", 絢 (xuàn) meaning "adorned, decorated", 玄 (xuán) meaning "deep, profound, mysterious, dark, black", 轩 (xuān) meaning "tall, high, lofty, pavilion", or 选 (xuǎn) meaning "choose, pick, select"... [more]

Ziyan m & f Muslim, English (Rare)
Variant of Zian.

Ziyan f Chinese
From the Chinese 紫 (zǐ) meaning "purple, violet" or 子 (zi) meaning "child" and 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)", 雁 (yàn) meaning "wild goose" or 琰 (yǎn) meaning "jewel, gem, glitter of gems".

Ziyuan f Chinese
Meaning varies depending on the characters used. A famous fictional bearer is Yu Ziyuan from Mo Dao Zu Shi, whose name is written with the characters 紫鸢.

Ziyuan f & m Chinese
From Chinese 紫苑 (zǐyuàn) meaning "aster", which combines 紫 (zǐ) meaning "purple" with 苑 (yuàn) meaning "garden". Another combination is 子 (zǐ) meaning "child" combined with 远 (yuǎn) meaning "far, remote, distant"... [more]

Zlatodan m Bulgarian (Rare), Russian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Slavic elements zlato "gold" and dan "given."

Zoan m Medieval Italian, Lombard
Old Lombard form of John.

Zohan m Arabic

Zolethian m Ancient
A star being reborn into human form.

Zoltan m Banat Swabian
Banatswabian borrowing of Zoltán.

Zongyuan m Chinese

Zorán m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Zoran.

Zoryan m Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian зоря (zorya) meaning "star, dawn".

Zozan f Kurdish, Yazidi
Means "flower garden" in Yezidi.

Zrian m Kurdish
Means "storm" in Kurdish.

Zuhan m Muslim
Meaning, "Splendour of the world."

Zuleykhan f Chechen
Variant of Zulaykha.

Zulfiqarkhan m Urdu
Combination of Zulfiqar and Khan

Zulikhan f Chechen
Chechen form of Zulaykha.

Zuolan f Chinese
From the Chinese 佐 (zuǒ) meaning "assist, aid" and 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid".

Zurgan m & f Kalmyk
Means "six" in Kalmyk, traditionally referring to a family's sixth-born child.

Zurvan m Persian Mythology
The primordial god in Persian religion, and the god of infinite time and space. Zurvan is the father of the good god Ahura Mazda and the evil god Angra Mainyu.

Zuzaan f & m Mongolian
Means "thick, dense" in Mongolian.

Zvezdan m Serbian, Slovene
Masculine form of Zvezdana.

Zvjezdan m Croatian
Masculine form of Zvjezdana.

Zwetan m Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Цветан (see Tsvetan).

Zxavian m English (Modern)
Variant of Xavier.

Zyan m Indian (Muslim)
Variant of Zian.

Zyan m English (Modern), African American (Modern)
Variant of Zion, the spelling probably influenced by that of Ryan.

Zymprian m Medieval German
Late medieval German form of Symphorian, possibly via its rare variant spelling Zymphorian.... [more]

Zyprian m Medieval German, German (Rare)
Medieval German form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian), which is still in use today, albeit barely so. The name is more common as a patronymic surname.... [more]

Zyquan m African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Quan with the popular prefix Zy-.

Zyrolan m Arthurian Cycle
A king once defeated in combat by Perceval in "Parzival" by Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1200–1210.

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