Ethan Forename
17,853rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 52,143 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Curaçao
Ethan Forename Definition:
E'-than, strong, the gift of the island. The Ezrahite, one of the wisest men of his time: nevertheless Solomon was wiser than he. 1 Kings iv. 31.
Ethan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 36,885 | 1:9,829 | 1,065 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,720 | 1:27,052 | 1,412 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,633 | 1:20,290 | 1,841 |
| England | 99% | 1,421 | 1:39,129 | 2,010 |
| Australia | - | 1,283 | 1:10,645 | 986 |
| China | - | 1,087 | 1:1,256,721 | 36,920 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,003 | 1:69,856 | 6,704 |
| Kenya | 100% | 724 | 1:63,960 | 4,008 |
| Brazil | 100% | 556 | 1:385,317 | 13,791 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 450 | 1:394,587 | 13,375 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| South Africa | 100% | 397 | 1:137,362 | 9,993 |
| New Zealand | - | 350 | 1:12,960 | 1,224 |
| Namibia | - | 299 | 1:8,041 | 1,031 |
| Singapore | 100% | 268 | 1:23,459 | 4,239 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 263 | 1:115,779 | 7,817 |
| Philippines | 97% | 238 | 1:445,418 | 15,417 |
| India | 78% | 210 | 1:5,785,133 | 210,512 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Hong Kong | - | 148 | 1:52,383 | 2,532 |
| South Korea | - | 127 | 1:43,657 | 3,115 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 110 | 1:1,416 | 380 |
| Mexico | 100% | 102 | 1:1,217,102 | 9,026 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 93 | 1:255,588 | 20,243 |
| Wales | 100% | 93 | 1:33,272 | 1,433 |
| Jamaica | - | 92 | 1:31,339 | 2,128 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 91 | 1:580,091 | 15,523 |
| France | 100% | 84 | 1:791,314 | 6,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 92% | 76 | 1:202,945 | 12,160 |
| Scotland | 100% | 73 | 1:73,293 | 1,955 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 63 | 1:268,287 | 8,818 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Bahamas | - | 46 | 1:8,682 | 1,112 |
| Barbados | - | 44 | 1:6,586 | 871 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 44 | 1:30,941 | 3,244 |
| Russia | 100% | 42 | 1:3,434,136 | 19,138 |
| Ireland | 100% | 40 | 1:116,088 | 2,722 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Zambia | - | 37 | 1:428,508 | 10,596 |
| Germany | 100% | 35 | 1:2,762,225 | 14,049 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 31 | 1:8,321,409 | 281,378 |
| Japan | - | 29 | 1:4,413,312 | 26,525 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Uganda | 93% | 25 | 1:1,638,277 | 23,304 |
| Vietnam | - | 25 | 1:3,704,925 | 3,444 |
| Northern Ireland | 70% | 22 | 1:83,779 | 1,413 |
| Italy | 100% | 21 | 1:2,907,719 | 17,790 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Liberia | 100% | 20 | 1:220,603 | 7,624 |
| Chile | 100% | 19 | 1:926,695 | 8,687 |
| Sweden | 93% | 17 | 1:579,877 | 14,075 |
| Czechia | 100% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 16 | 1:513,344 | 8,079 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 13 | 1:1,775,072 | 42,958 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11 | 1:1,044,549 | 12,446 |
| Ecuador | - | 11 | 1:1,611,538 | 10,117 |
| Israel | 89% | 11 | 1:763,902 | 12,174 |
| Denmark | - | 10 | 1:564,950 | 8,399 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 7 | 1:1,164,616 | 79,875 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Norway | 100% | 6 | 1:855,388 | 12,625 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Argentina | - | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Guatemala | - | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Pakistan | - | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
The alternate forms: Éthan (1) are calculated separately.
Ethan (1,121) may also be a surname.
Ethan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
E'-than, strong, the gift of the island. The Ezrahite, one of the wisest men of his time: nevertheless Solomon was wiser than he. 1 Kings iv. 31.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: strength: perpetuity.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: The strong: firmness.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ethan Forename Popularity
Ethan Demographics
Average Male Ethan Height
176.85 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 2,968 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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