Around the globe, Lan (兰 
, Lan 
, 란 
, among others...) is a widespread mostly girly, but infrequently male forename. The given name Lan is habitual in Macao, where it is a common primarily feminine, but scarcely boy's name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a common principally girly, but scarcely boy's name, and Israel (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in China, Vietnam, and the United States. Likewise, Lan is the last name as well as the forename.
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| 兰 | China |
| Lan | Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, China |
| 란 | South Korea |
| ラン | Japan |
| ลาน | Thailand |
| لان | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria |
| Лань | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
Lan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lan Mandragoran , the fictional character from The Wheel of Time; Lan Fan , the fictional character from Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood; Shi Lan , the character in Qin's Moon and Lan Hikari .
| bi lan Han Dynasty eunuch (b. 150) |
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| lan kinh (b. 550) |
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| lan da Tang dynasty person CBDB = 139306 (b. 590) |
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| lan shi Tang dynasty person CBDB = 139789 (b. 625) |
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| lan shi daughter of Lan You Jun (b. 777) |
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| lan shi wife of Jian You Xing (b. 803) |
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| ỷ lan Ly Dynasty empress, VN (b. 1050) |
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| lan mengdeng Song dynasty person CBDB = 45295 (b. 1216) |
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| lan ren Ming dynasty person CBDB = 34383 (b. 1314) |
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| lan zhi Ming dynasty person CBDB = 34384 (b. 1314) |
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| mao lan (b. 1397) |
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| lan hong Ming dynasty person CBDB = 199715 (b. 1431) |
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| lan yu politician (b. 1439) |
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| lan zhang Ming dynasty person CBDB = 360749 (b. 1453) |
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| lan ying Ming dynasty person CBDB = 200491 (b. 1456) |
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