Tan is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “dawn, daybreak.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 boys in 2010.
Tan belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “dawn, daybreak” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Tan first appears in Social Security records in 1976. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2010 in 1985, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 586 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Tan means “dawn, daybreak” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Tan is a boy name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2010.
Tan comes from the Turkish tradition.
Tan first appears in US records in 1976. Its best-ever ranking was #2010 in 1985, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Tan is pronounced /archive.org/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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