Tan.
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Meaning & usage
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 譚／谭 (Tán).
A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Where this word comes from
From Hokkien 陳 /陈 (Tân). Doublet of Chen and Tran.
A surname from Vietnamese.
Alternative form of Dan.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 丹 (Dān), reinforced by Wade-Giles romanization: Tan¹.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.