Lan

Where Lan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lan.

Lan through the years
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #5,480 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #2,150
    47 babies named Lan, the most in any year.
  3. 1988
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,308.
  4. 2018
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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