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Updated Wed May 15 2024
An Origin and Meaning
The name An is a girl's name meaning "peace or safe, secure".
A gender-neutral Chinese name that originated as a surname, An can be used for girls or boys and means peace or quiet. An may also be a Vietnamese name meaning safe and secure. Its equivalence to the English article an may make it feel slight in an English-dominant culture.
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