Chuan
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Chuan is a given name, most frequently recorded in Malaysia. It appears chiefly in English and Chinese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan), literally “God is gracious”.
- MYMalaysia1 in 8.1K◐
- AUAustralia1 in 43K
- USUnited States1 in 417K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈910 ●
- Sources
- 129 ●
- 1 in 268K ◐
across 9 countries
36K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Meaning & origin●
- LatinIohannes●
- Ancient GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs●
- Hebrewיוחנןyókhanan●
From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan), literally “God is gracious”.
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #642 | 8,057 | 10K rec. | — | — | Chuan | 65 |
| AU Australia | — | 2,707 | 2.9K rec. | — | 1 | Chuan | 83 |
| SG Singapore | #602 | 836 | 1.2K rec. | — | — | Chuan | 72 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 804 | 864 rec. | — | — | Chuan | 38 |
| US United States | — | 797 | 18K rec. | 1 in 417K | 797 | Chuan | 129 |
| CN China | — | 407 | 173 rec. | — | listed | Chuan | 48 |
| CA Canada | — | 314 | 350 rec. | — | — | Chuan | 36 |
| DE Germany | — | 298 | 361 rec. | — | — | Chuan | 42 |
| AO Angola | #650 | 83 | 92 rec. | — | — | Chuan | 2 |
| IT Italy | — | 75 | 94 rec. | — | — | Chuan | 4 |
| SE Sweden | — | 38△ | 8 rec. | 1 in 268K | 38 | — | 4 |
| AT Austria | — | 38 | 45 rec. | — | — | Chuan | 10 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English30K30%
- Chinese26K26%
- Malay18K18%
- Vietnamese6.8K7%
- Spanish4.4K4%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 29,983 | 30% |
| Chinese | 25,768 | 26% |
| Malay | 18,182 | 18% |
| Vietnamese | 6,769 | 7% |
| Spanish | 4,430 | 4% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Chuan is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Aragonese, a male given name, equivalent to English John or Spanish Juan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of chuān
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Scottish Gaelic, lenited form of cuan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In och, river
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, Boat
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In cdo, splendid, shining
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Zhong Chuanb. 801Tang Dynasty nonimperial prince
- Zhao Kaib. 1101not in their usual nameSong dynasty prince
- Cristóvão Ferreirab. 1580PTnot in their usual namePortuguese Jesuit missionary
- Xue Huanb. 1815not in their usual nameQing dynasty politician
- Hu Chuanb. 1841Qing dynasty person CBDB = 84448 (1841–1895)
- Lee Huanb. 1917TWnot in their usual namePolitician and former Prime Minister of Taiwan (1917–2010)
- Shang Chuanb. 1945CNChinese historian
- Chuanju XuCNnot in their usual namePh.D. Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie - Paris VI 1993
- Chen Huannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 372547
- Liu Huannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 156043
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 32 sources across 17 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 71 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Chuan?
- We estimate roughly 910 people bear Chuan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Chuan have the most bearers?
- Chuan is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled chuan.
- How common is Chuan compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Chuan is the 642nd most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.
- Is Chuan a male or female name?
- Chuan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Chuan mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan), literally “God is gracious”.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chuan” — the 642nd most common given name in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.