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Updated March 7, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Vietnamese : Flower
  • Polynesian : To float
  • Dutch : Bringer of peace; hope

Girl name variations

How Popular Is The Name Lan

Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : from a place named Lan-tian (meaning ‘blue field’) in Guangdong province.
  • Polish (Łan) : perhaps from the vocabulary word łan ‘plowland’, ‘soil’.
  • Polish (Łań) : alternatively, perhaps a nickname from a derivative of łania ‘hind’, ‘doe’.

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