Gan

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Gan is Chinese for “wanderer” or “dare, adventure,” and also has an Indian meaning, “sun.”

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy

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Usage of Gan in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Gan against each list of names.

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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Gan is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Towns named Gan

There are 156 towns and villages with Gan in their name, in 34 countries.

🇲🇲 Myanmar 43🇨🇳 China 17🇷🇺 Russia 17🇮🇱 Israel 11🇻🇳 Vietnam 7🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 6🇮🇳 India 6🇮🇷 Iran 5

Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel · population 170,822 · View larger map

Name	Where	Population
Ramat Gan	Tel Aviv, 🇮🇱 Israel	170,822	Map
Gan Yavne	Central District, 🇮🇱 Israel	23,869	Map
Tyul’gan	Orenburg Oblast, 🇷🇺 Russia	10,200	Map
Gan	Montagnes, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	6,677	Map
Gan	New Aquitaine, 🇫🇷 France	5,373	Map
Gan Ner	Northern District, 🇮🇱 Israel	2,670	Map
Gan-Houyé	Montagnes, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	1,607	Map
Gan Yoshiya	Central District, 🇮🇱 Israel	990	Map
Gáň	Trnava Region, 🇸🇰 Slovakia	864	Map
Gan Shlomo	Central District, 🇮🇱 Israel	578	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Lakes named Gan

There are 2 lakes and reservoirs with Gan in their name, in 2 countries.

🇦🇷 Argentina 1🇨🇦 Canada 1

Name	Where
Lac Gan	Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Laguna Gan Gan	Chubut, 🇦🇷 Argentina	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Fictional characters named Gan

Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.

Gan Fall

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Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.

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