Okan
Recorded with a Slavic root and the meaning "archer". In Poland it stays rare: only around 130 men carry it, and hardly any boys receive it now.
Okan Pronunciation
Okan is pronounced O-kahn (/ˈɔkan/).
What Okan means
Where Okan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Okan comes into Polish records with a Slavic root and a Turkish reputation. The meaning handed down with it is archer, the person who draws a bow and lets the arrow go. Turkish keeps a near neighbour, the word ok, which means arrow. That single syllable sits right under the name.
In Polish the name gathered a second sense, silne serce, a strong heart. That reading came later, fixed to the sound rather than to the origin. A boy called Okan can hold both meanings, the archer and the strong heart, without strain between them.
On a class register in Poland, Okan stands out among the Kacpers and Szymons. It has no Polish diminutive of its own. Teachers read it once and keep it. The name stays as it is, Okan, with no shortened form to soften it.
How many people are named Okan
1 in 162948 men in Poland is named Okan. 131 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2903 among male names.
Okan as a middle name
Okan is a first name for 131 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2249th, between Octavio (17) and Pankaj (17).
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#2247 Nolan17
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#2248 Octavio17
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#2249 Okan17
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#2250 Pankaj17
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#2251 Quân17