Fan

Gender
Unisex (Masculine & Feminine | Boys and Girls)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Fan has several meanings in Chinese, including "rice", "sail", "to repeat", "to turn over", and "to reverse". In English, it can also refer to a devoted admirer or supporter of someone or something.
Scripts(How to write)
In Chinese, Fan can be written as 范 or 凡.
凡,
帆,
番,
繁,
范,
返(Chinese)
Popularity
Fan is a relatively uncommon name outside of China and other East Asian countries.

cartoon of the name Fan
Cartoon of Fan

Fan Name meanings & History

Fan has several meanings in Chinese, including "rice", "sail", "to repeat", "to turn over", and "to reverse". In English, it can also refer to a devoted admirer or supporter of someone or something. Derived from the Chinese character 凡 (fán) meaning "every, all, in general" or 繁 (fán) meaning "numerous; many" or 帆 (fān) meaning "sail; sailboat" or 番 (fān) meaning "to repeat" or 范 (fàn) meaning "model, pattern" or 返 (fǎn) meaning "to return, to go back".Other characters combinations are also possible. Fan is a popular name for both boys and girls in China, and is often paired with other characters to form full names.

Zodiac Sign of Fan: Friendly Leo

Synonyms of Fan:

F: Festive,Fun-loving,Fiery,Friendly

A: Argumentative,Action,Ambitious,Angry,Aggressive,Assertive

N: Neurosis,Nitpicking,Nagging,Nervous,Nice,Neat,Nutrition

Fan is:

  • a Delicate name
  • a Natural name
  • a Rough name
  • a Unintellectual name

Famous People

Some notable people with the name Fan include Chinese actresses Fan Bingbing and Fan Wei, and Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, whose given name is Fan.

2.) Fan (Unisex)

Usage:

Meanings: There are several possible meanings for the name Fan in Chinese, including "sail", "rice", and "luxuriant".

Scripts: In Chinese, Fan is written as 范 (fàn).
凡,
帆,
番,
繁,
范,
返(Chinese)


cartoon of the name Fan
Cartoon of Fan

Description: There are several possible meanings for the name Fan in Chinese, including "sail", "rice", and "luxuriant". Derived from the Chinese character 凡 (fán) meaning "every, all, in general" or 繁 (fán) meaning "numerous; many" or 帆 (fān) meaning "sail; sailboat" or 番 (fān) meaning "to repeat" or 范 (fàn) meaning "model, pattern" or 返 (fǎn) meaning "to return, to go back".Other characters combinations are also possible. Fan is used as both a given name and a surname in Chinese culture, and can be used for either gender. In Western countries, it is more commonly used as a given name for girls.

Famous People

Famous people with the name Fan include Fan Bingbing, a Chinese actress; Fan Zhendong, a Chinese table tennis player; and Fan Wei, a Chinese singer and actor.

3.) Fan (Male)

Usage: Albanian

Scripts: The name Fan is written as 凡 in Simplified Chinese and 煩 in Traditional Chinese.
凡,
帆,
番,
繁,
范,
返(Chinese)


cartoon of the name Fan
Cartoon of Fan

Description: Derived from the Chinese character 凡 (fán) meaning "every, all, in general" or 繁 (fán) meaning "numerous; many" or 帆 (fān) meaning "sail; sailboat" or 番 (fān) meaning "to repeat" or 范 (fàn) meaning "model, pattern" or 返 (fǎn) meaning "to return, to go back".Other characters combinations are also possible. Fan can be used as both a first name and a surname. It is more commonly used as a masculine name in China, while it is a popular unisex name in Western countries.

Famous People

Notable people with the name Fan include Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, and Chinese NBA player Yao Ming's father, Yao Zhiyuan, has the given name Fan.

Related Names to Fan

Other names that share the same meaning as Fan include Chang, Chao, and Hui.

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