Gan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Mandarin 贛/赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”).
Proper noun edit
Gan
- One of the major divisions of the Chinese language spoken in Jiangxi province
Translations edit
one of Sinitic languages
Further reading edit
- Ethnologue entry for Gan, gan
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Gan
- Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”)
Anagrams edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏/颜 (Gân), etc.
Proper noun edit
Gan (countable and uncountable, plural Gans)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gan is the 11,003rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2891 individuals. Gan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (73.19%) and White individuals (20.96%).
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
Gan
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gan m pers
- a male surname
Declension edit
Declension of Gan
Proper noun edit
Gan f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Romanization of Hokkien 顏/颜 (Gân).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gan (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔)
- a surname from Hokkien
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gan is the 322nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 24,683 individuals.