Jhan
Maistre Jhan was a French composer of the Renaissance, active for most of his career in Ferrara, Italy. An enigmatic figure, of whom little biographical information has yet emerged, he was one of the earliest composers of madrigals as well as a prominent musician at the Este court in the early 16th century.
Meaning & Origin of Jhan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maistre Jhan was a French composer of the Renaissance, active for most of his career in Ferrara, Italy. An enigmatic figure, of whom little biographical information has yet emerged, he was one of the earliest composers of madrigals as well as a prominent musician at the Este court in the early 16th century.
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The Story of Jhan
American parents first put Jhan on the record books as a baby boy name in 1951, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 12 Jhans were born — ranking #6,697 that year. About 33% of every Jhan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jhan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 204 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jhan
Jhan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 204 births in the dataset. Jhan's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #6,697. Use the chart and map above to compare Jhan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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