Khan

Where Khan comes from

As a surname, via Hindustani خان (xān) / ख़ान (xān), from Classical Persian خَان (xān), from Turkic. As a title, a proper noun form of khan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Khan
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,948 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Peak, #3,595
    7 babies named Khan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name used extensively among Muslims of South Asia.
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.