Mohan

English

Etymology 1

Transliteration of Hindi मोहन (mohan), etc.

Proper noun

Mohan (plural Mohans)

1. A male given name from Sanskrit.

Etymology 2

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mocháin (“descendant of Mochán”), from a diminutive of moch (“early, timely”).

Proper noun

Mohan (plural Mohans)

1. A surname.

Alternative forms

• Mohon

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mohan is the 5616^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6188 individuals. Mohan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (48.13%) and White (39.33%) individuals.

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 磨憨 (Móhān) or Lü ᦢᦸᧈᦠᦱᧃ (ḃoa¹ḣaan).

Proper noun

Mohan

1. A border town neighbouring Laos in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.
   • 2013 October 3, Shohret Hoshur, Rachel Vandenbrink, “100 Uyghurs Rounded Up in Police Hunt in Yunnan”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia‎^[1], archived from the original on October 30, 2014‎^[2]:

     At least 30 Uyghurs were apprehended at the town of Mohan on the border with Laos in Yunnan’s Mengla county in late September, and scores of others were detained around the province in recent weeks, a Uyghur merchant in the province told RFA’s Uyghur Service.

   • 2023 June 21, Bernama, “Stricter procedures entering China via railways from Southeast Asia”, in The Straits Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 22 June 2023‎^[4]:

     A Southeast Asia media delegation recently participated in the "China-Laos Railway Journey", at the invitation by the People's Government of Yunnan Province, to visit Kunming, Pu'er and Xishuangbanna, and learnt of the immigration and customs procedures at the transit station in Mohan, located at the China-Laos border.

Translations

town in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磨憨 (Móhān)

• Lao: ບໍ່ຫານ (bǭ hān)
• Lü: ᦢᦸᧈᦠᦱᧃ (ḃoa¹ḣaan)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mohan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 605.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Homan, Mahon, hamon, man ho, oh man