Zan

Where Zan comes from

Clippings.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zan
Zan through the years
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,516 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Peak, #2,438
    10 babies named Zan, its best rank.
  3. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1970
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, and Susanna.
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.