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Han - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Han

[ 1 syll. han, ha-n ] The boy name Han is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is HHAAN or HHAEN †.

1: Han is used chiefly in the Chinese language and its origin is also Chinese. The name's meaning is Chinese (race); self-restraint; to contain. The meaning of the name depends on the intonation and Chinese character used.

2: Han is used chiefly in the Vietnamese language and its origin is also Vietnamese. Here, the meaning is ocean. The name Hai (Vietnamese) is a variant of Han.

Han is a pet form of the name Johannes (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian) in the Dutch language.

Han is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Han include Hanh (Vietnamese), Haim (Hebrew and Polish), Ham (English), Hayym (Hebrew), Heine (German), Hien (Vietnamese), Holm (English), Juan (Manx and Spanish), Hahnee, Hanan (English), Hani (Arabic), Hanno (German), Hannu (Finnish), Hayyim (Hebrew), Heimo (German), Heino (German), Heman, Hiam (Hebrew), Homie, and Hyam (Hebrew).

 



† English pronunciation for Han: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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