Name
SAN

Name SAN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 2,307 births of San in the countries below, which represents an average of 16 births of children bearing the first name San per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 24 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom San   
In Italiano Nome San   
Available variant : Şan


Information about the first name San

The first name San has been assigned to:
36.63% to boys
63.37% to girls
The country where the first name San is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 3 letters including 1 vowel and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name San

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of San : Ans, Nas, Nâs

Anacyclics of the first name San

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name San: Nas, Nâs

San in Japanese *

Romajisan
Katakanaサン
Hiraganaさん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Origin and meaning of name San

US English
Etymology src :
  • As a synonym of Bushmen introduced into ethnology from the 1960s, from Khoekhoe saan (singular saa) "foragers; people without wealth", via back-formation from Khoisan. Occasional citation as the Nama term for "Bushmen" from the 1880s.
Etymology src :
  • from the Greek σάν from unknown but ultimately proto-semitic tsade (Hebrew: צ)
Etymology src :
  • Shortening of sanatorium.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • San pl (plural only)
  • (regionally, offensive) Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • san (plural sans)
  • A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.
Etymology (See also) src :
  • sigma
  • San (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • san (plural sans)
  • (dated, informal) A sanatorium.
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • Rhymes: -æn
Anagrams src :
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Noun src :
  • SAn (plural SAns)
  • Abbreviation of South African.
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: -æn
Middle English
Etymology src :
  • A contracted form of earlier sægen, from Old English sæċġan, alternative form of seċġan.
Etymology src :
  • From Old French san, alternative form of senz.
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • sãn
  • Alternative form of seien
Etymology (Preposition) src :
  • san
  • Alternative form of saunz
FR French
Anagrams src :
Pronunciation 1 src :
  • IPA(key): /san/
Pronunciation 2 src :
  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃/
  • Homophones: cent, cents, sang, sangs, sans, sens, sent
Old French
Noun src :
  • san m (oblique plural sans, nominative singular sans, nominative plural san)
  • Alternative form of sens
FR French
Pronunciation 1 (Noun) src :
  • san m (plural san)
  • san (Greek letter)
Pronunciation 2 (Determiner) src :
  • san n (singular, plural ses)
  • (gender-neutral, neologism) his, her, their, its
Pronunciation 2 (Etymology) src :
General
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
Noun src :
  • SAN
  • (chemistry) Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile resin.
  • (computing) Acronym of Storage Area Network.
  • (computing) Acronym of Subject Alternative Name.
  • (computing) Acronym of System Area Network.
  • (organic chemistry) Acronym of styrene-acrylonitrile or sytrene acrylonitrile copolymer.
  • (biology) Acronym of sinoatrial node.
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • san m (apocopate, standard form santo)
  • (before the noun) Apocopic form of santo (“saint”)
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • San (in proper nouns, capitalized)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • san m (plural sanes)
  • (Dominican Republic) financial, temporal-savings scheme; the participants periodically contribute a quota to a communal pot that is given to one member, based on his/her turn amongst all the others
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • san f (plural sanes)
  • san; the Greek letter M, ϻ
Adjective src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈsan/ [ˈsãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: san
Polish
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /san/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: San
Proper noun src :
  • San m
  • San (a right tributary of the Vistula, flowing through Poland and Ukraine)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology src :
  • From Middle Irish (i)sind, (i)sin, from Old Irish isin(d/t) (“in the m or f or n sg dative”), isin (“into the m or f sg accusative”), isa (“into the n sg accusative”).
Preposition src :
  • san
  • in the
  • san anmoch ― in the evening
  • san fhad-ùine ― in the long run
  • san t-seanchas ― in conversation
  • san achadh bhuan ― in the harvest field
Preposition (Related terms) src :
Preposition (Usage notes) src :
  • This form is not used before nouns beginning with b, c, g, m or p, where sa is used instead.
  • If followed by f, the f is lenited:
  • facal - word,
  • san fhacal - in the word.
  • Often understood to be a contraction of anns an, but the forms san, sa were in common use by the 12th century and accepted in Classical Gaelic poetry while anns is a later innovation with the -n- reintroduced by analogy.
Galician
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese san, from Latin sanctus. Cognate with Portuguese são and Spanish san.
Etymology src :
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • san m (apocopate, standard form santo)
  • (before nouns which began by a consonant) Apocopic form of santo (“saint”)
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • San
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈsaŋ]
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • san m (feminine singular sa, masculine plural sans, feminine plural sas)
  • healthy, sound
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈsaŋ]
Vietnamese
Pronunciation src :
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧]
  • Homophone: san
Pronunciation src :
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧]
Proper noun src :
Verb src :
  • san
  • to flatten
  • to make equal
Turkish
Etymology src :
  • From Ottoman Turkish صان‎ (san), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *sā- (“to count”). Related to say- (“to count”) and san- (“to consider”).
Noun src :
  • san (definite accusative sanı, plural sanlar)
  • name
  • reputation
Proper noun src :
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • ad san
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • saymak
  • sanmak
IT Italian
Etymology src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • san m or f (uncountable)
  • san (Greek letter)
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (See also) src :
Noun src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈsan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: sàn
Irish
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
  • From Middle Irish (i)sind, (i)sin, from Old Irish isin(d/t) (“in the m or f or n sg dative”), isin (“into the m or f sg accusative”), isa (“into the n sg accusative”), from Proto-Celtic *in sindū/sindai (“in the m sg/f sg dative”), *in sindom/sindam (“into the m sg/f sg accusative”).
Etymology (Contraction) src :
  • san
  • preposition i + definite article an: in the (singular)
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /sˠən̪ˠ/, /sˠənˠ/ (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu)
  • IPA(key): /sˠənʲ/ (before e, i, fhe, fhi)
Determiner src :
  • san
  • (nonstandard) Alternative form of sin (“that”) (used after a broad consonant)
  • an fear san ― that man (standard: an fear sin)
Noun src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [sˠanˠ]
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /sˠən̪ˠ/, /sˠənˠ/
 

Popularity of the name San

Number of SAN births per year

Popularity of the name San
Popularity of the name San

Total births of San by country

Births with the first name San
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
113
1,407
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
350
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
111
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
55
22
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
70
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
58
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
29
16
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
17
1
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
12
2
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
12
1
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
3
5
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
8
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
2
3
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
5
CLChili
2010 - 2021
3
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
2
0
Popularity of the name San

Total births of San by country (last available year)

Births with the first name San
Country
Boys
Girls
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
8
0
DEGermany
2022
1
5
FRFrance
2022
5
0
SESweden
2022
2
0
ARArgentina
2015
1
0
ATAustria
2021
1
0
CLChili
2021
1
0

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Personalities with the first name San

There are 2 personalities with the first name San

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Film Actors and Actresses with the first name San

There are 100 actors and actresses with the first name San
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San Lee

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Rankings of first name SAN by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#1208AR Argentina2015
#1991SE Sweden2022
#2641GB United Kingdom2021
#3964AT Austria2021
#4277FR France2022
#4880CL Chili2021
#11178DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#4003DE Germany2022
Other boys' names around San
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Other girls' names around San
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