All around the world, Loan (Loan 
, لون 
, لوان 
) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name Loan is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common female name, Vietnam, where it is quite a rare primarily feminine, but very infrequently boy's name, and Sudan, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Vietnam, Sudan, and the United States. More prevalently, Loan is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Loan | Malaysia, France, Vietnam, United States, Indonesia |
| لون | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria |
| لوان | Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan |
| Лоан | Belarus, Russia, Ukraine |
Loan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| hoàng thị loan mother of Ho Chi Minh, VN (b. 1868) |
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loan laure French pornographic actress, FR (b. 1978) |
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loan maclibhuin Manx swordsmith |
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| tjoa keng loan Indonesian singer, ID (b. 1931) |
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| loan oei exhibitions curator. She also writes and lectures on textiles., ID (b. 1947) |
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loan his French artistic gymnast, FR (b. 1999) |
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| nguyễn thị loan Vietnamese politician, VN (b. 1950) |
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| nguyễn thị kim loan Vietnamese politician, VN (b. 1952) |
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| loan thảo VN (b. 1942) |
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| nguyễn thị mai loan Vietnamese politician, VN (b. 1956) |
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| loan forgeron (b. 1952) |
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| loan rocher FR (b. 1956) |
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| tạ bích loan Vietnamese television journalist, VN (b. 1968) |
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| loan t.t. nguyen researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-6440-6462 |
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| loan miller researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-7494-507X) |
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