Lavan
Lavan is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Biblical Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Lavan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lavan is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Hebrew
The Story of Lavan
American parents first put Lavan on the record books as a baby boy name in 1918, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1977, when 10 Lavans were born — ranking #3,605 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2013 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 285 Lavans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Lavan
Lavan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 285 births in the dataset. Lavan's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #3,605. Use the chart and map above to compare Lavan'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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