Dan (name)

Given name

Surname

Origins

• , meaning "red"

• , meaning Euonymus hamiltonianus, and also used in the names of various species of other trees, including sandalwoods
• , meaning "group"

• The most common, Cheunggye Dan, means "stairs". This character is also used to write the Chinese surname now pronounced Duàn in Mandarin. Major clans with this surname include:
• *The Gangeum Dan clan
• *The, who claim descent from Dan Gan-mok, an official under Chungnyeol of Goryeo.
• The second most common, Hot Dan, means "single" or "one". This character is also used to write the Chinese surname now pronounced Shàn in Mandarin.
• The least common, Kkeut Dan, means "end".

  Statistics

People

• Dan Duyu, Chinese film director
• Judy Dan, Chinese-born American actress
• Yang Dan , Chinese-born American neuroscientist

• Kazuo Dan, Japanese novelist and poet
• Jirō Dan, stage name of Hideo Murata, Japanese actor
• Fumi Dan, Japanese actress
• Tomoyuki Dan, Japanese actor and voice actor
• Rei Dan, stage name of Mayumi Yamazaki, Japanese actress
• Mitsu Dan, stage name of Shizuka Saitō, Japanese actress

• Fyodor Dan, Russian Marxist revolutionary
• Seaman Dan, Australia Torres Straits Islander singer
• Sergiu Dan, Romanian novelist
• Pavel Dan, Romanian short story writer
• Leslie Dan, Hungarian-born Canadian businessman
• Joseph Dan, Hungarian-born Israeli scholar of Jewish mysticism
• Marin Dan, Romanian handball player
• Matei-Agathon Dan, Romanian economist and politician
• Aurora Dan, Romanian fencer
• Călin Dan, Romanian artist, theorist, and curator
• Aubrey Dan, Canadian businesswoman
• Nicușor Dan, Romanian activist and mathematician
• Cristian Florin Dan, Romanian football playmaker
• Jo Jo Dan, Romanian boxer
• Paul Dan, Australian rugby union player
• Alexandru Dan, Romanian football midfielder
• Bill Dan, Indonesian-born American sculptor and performance artist
• Liran Dan, Israeli government official and media executive