Comments for the name Lan

Chinese Character: 蘭. The Japanese and Korean version of this name is Ran.

This is used for Mu-Lan, a Walt Disney's film.

This word has synonyms that mean "blue" or "mist".

Whe I typed Lan in, I didn't expect anything to come up. You see this is my mother's nickname, because her real name is Liana, and she just gets called Lan by her friends. Also, she is not Chinese, she is Scottish. For her it is pronounced LAN, not LON. I think this name is very good.

This is a Vietnamese name also. It is one of the most popular name in Vietnam. [noted -ed]

O-Lan is the name of Wang Lung's ever-faithful wife in Pearl Buck's novel "The Good Earth."

A person who bears this name is a boy from the Thirteenth Child books who is called Lan.

Lan Fan is the name of a character in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series.

This name is often used in conjunction with another character, e.g. Yulan (Yu-Lan), which literally means "Jade Orchid" and is used to describe a type of Chinese magnolia. Xiulan (Xiu-Lan) is another conjunction, which means "Elegant Orchid".