Lan
Lan is a girl name of Chinese origin, meaning Orchid.
What Lan means
Orchid.
Lan is short — 3 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Lan comes from
Chinese given names are chosen character by character, and the characters are picked for meaning, tone, and balance. Names are rarely drawn from a fixed list — most are composed fresh for the child.
Lan is recorded as Chinese in origin. Browse other Chinese names.
How popular is Lan?
Lan is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Lan is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Lan
We group Lan under flowers and growing things and the natural world — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Lan
These share Lan's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Hua — Flower; magnificent.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Sakura — Cherry blossom.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
- Alani — Orange tree.
- Anthea — Flower; blossom.