Gan (surname)

Gan is a surname. It may be a Latin-alphabet spelling of four different Chinese surnames (Chinese: 甘, 干, 顏, 簡; respectively pronounced in Mandarin as Gān, Gān, Yán, Jiǎn), a Korean surname (Korean: 간; Hanja: 簡; written using the same character as the Chinese surname Jiǎn), and a surname in other cultures.

Gan
Language(s)Chinese (Mandarin, Hokkien), Korean, Old Irish
Other names
Variant form(s)
  • Chinese:
    • Gam, Gum, Kam, Kan (甘)
    • Yan, Ngan (顏)
  • Korean: Kan
  • Irish: McGann
  • Ashkenazi: Gang
Derivative(s)
  • Ashkenazi: Ganer, Ganel, Ganet
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