Tan - Meaning of Tan

What does Tan mean?

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Tan

[ 1 syll. tan, ta-n ] The baby boy name Tan is pronounced Tae-N †. Tan has its origins in the Vietnamese and Old English languages. It is used largely in the Vietnamese and English languages. From Vietnamese roots, its meaning is 'fresh and new' - in this context, Tan can be used in the Vietnamese language.

In addition, Tan is a variant of Tanner (English, Finnish, and German) in the English language.

A variant of Tan is Than.

See also the related form, Tanisha (Hausa and English).

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Tan is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. In 2018, out of the family of boy names directly linked to Tan, Tanner was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Tan include Tanh, Tann, Tain, Taine, Tam, Tamm, Tamme, Tanay, Tawn, Tayn, Tayne, Tem, Tene, Teneh, Teom, Teun, Thaen, Thaene, Thain, and Thaine.

† Pronunciation for Tan: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"