Mohan

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mohon in BD Bangladesh and Mohn in NO Norway.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Mohan is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name1.4M records spelled Mohan3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, United Kingdom

  Also written Mo-Han, Mōhan

• English given name290K records spelled Mohan21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, Malaysia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Mo-Han, Mohàn, Mõhân, Mōhãñ, Móhan

• Tamil surname26K records spelled Mohan16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia

  Languages: Tamil, Malayalam

  Also written மோகன், Mookan, മോഹൻ, Mōhan, மோகன

• Arabic given name25K records spelled Mohan6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

  Languages: Arabic, Amharic, Hebrew

  Also written מוהאן, מוהן, םוחנ

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Mohan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• cendant of Mochdn', a personal name from a dim. of mock early, timely. It has been occasionally translated into Eng¬ lish as E.'IRLY. Cpds: Moberg (‘dune hill’); Mogren (‘dune branch’, ornamental). Vars.: Mizon see Mizen ornamental surname from this word. O’Mochaine, (0’)Mo(u)ghan(e), O’Moon, Mo(w)en, Moan, Moon, M.wghan, Vaughan. Moan see Mohan

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Mochain ‘descendant of Mochdn’, a personal name from a diminutive of moch ‘early’, ‘timely’. In Connacht this name was changed to Mahon; it is also found translated into English as Early. It has been used to represent the Norman habitational surname de Mohun.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Sanskrit: ‘enchanting’, a byname of Shiva and of one of the five arrows of Kama, the god of love. It is also an epithet of Krishna, who beguiles the cowherdesses and enchants his devotees. Feminine form: Mohana.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• cendant of Mo chan , a personal name from a dim. of moch early, timely. It has been occasionally translated into Eng¬ lish as Early. Moita Monclus 371 Vars.: O’Mochaine, (0’)Mo(u)ghan(e), O’Moon, Moohan, Mo(w)en, Moan, Moon, Maughan, Vaughan.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In German, männl. Vom. indischer Herkunft (sanskrit. mohana »der Bezaubernde, der

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 114 years between 1899–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mohan Singh Vaidb. 1881INPunjabi writer and social reformer (1881–1936)
• Mohan Samantb. 1924INIndian artist
• Mohan Koiralab. 1926NPNepali poet
• Mohan Agasheb. 1947INIndian psychiatrist and actor
• Inder M Vermab. 1947INnot in their usual nameAmerican–Indian academic; PNAS editor-in-chief
• Mohan Bhagwatb. 1950INSixth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
• Crazy Mohanb. 1952INIndian actor (1952–2019)
• Mohan Yadavb. 1965IN19th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• Yogi Adityanathb. 1972INnot in their usual name21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Mohan ApparoMYMalaysian politician

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 395 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mohan?

We estimate roughly 3.8 thousand people bear Mohan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Mohan have the most bearers?

Mohan is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled mohan.

How common is Mohan compared with other names?

In India, Mohan is the 74th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Mohan a male or female name?

Mohan 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 Mohan mean?

Recorded meaning: From Irish Gaelic Ó Mocháin, ‘descendant of Mochán’.