The name An is a boy's name meaning "peace or safe, secure".

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An is a gender-neutral Chinese name, originally a surname, that can be used for girls or boys and means peace or quiet. It is also a Vietnamese name meaning safe and secure. In the English-speaking world, it may feel slight due to its equivalence to the article an.

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The name An peaked for boys at #1975 in 1985. The name is most popular in California, California, and Texas. An is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

The name An is a girl's name meaning "peace; safe, secure; apricot; grace".

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As a gender-neutral Chinese name, An means "peace or quiet" while as a Vietnamese name, it means "safe and secure".  In Chinese, it would be said as AHN while in Vietnamese, it would be AHNG.
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An is additionally used as a Japanese name, meaning "apricot", while in Israel. it is used as a variation of Anne and even ranks in the Top 100. 
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Its equivalence to the English article an may make it feel slight in an English-dominant culture, though 36 girls and 25 boys were given the name in the US in a recent year. 

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The name An peaked for girls at #3392 in 2015. The name is most popular in Massachusetts, Washington, and California. An is occasionally used for boys in 2025.

Year	US rank	Births	Per million
2014	#3,377	32	16.7
2015	#4,185	24	12.5
2016	#3,885	27	14.2
2017	#3,680	29	15.7
2018	#3,609	30	16.5
2019	#3,799	28	15.6
2020	#3,920	26	15.1
2021	—	0	0
2022	#4,710	21	12
2023	#4,610	22	12.9
2024	#4,313	24	13.9
2025	#4,142	25	14.6

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