Athan

Where Athan comes from

Perhaps from Nathan, via rebracketing of "my Nathan" as "mine Athan"; compare Ned, derived from Ed via rebracketing in the opposite direction.
— Wiktionary's entry for Athan
Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2012
    Peak, #1,367
    123 babies named Athan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,292.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, rather uncommon.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.