Vihan
Meaning of Vihan
Drawn from the classical Sanskrit lexicon, the masculine appellation Vihan occupies a semantic field denoting “dawn” or “first light,” thereby evoking concepts of renewal, embryonic possibility, and the inaugural moment of a temporal cycle. In its standard Hindi articulation—phonetically transcribed /vi.ˈhɑːn/ and conventionally rendered as [VEE-hahn]—the appellation adheres to the phonotactic norms of the Indo-Aryan language family, with bisyllabic stress on the second element. An analytical survey of Social Security Administration records in the United States reveals that Vihan first appeared in 2002 with six registrations (rank 809), ascended modestly to a peak rank of 839 in 2013, and thereafter stabilized within the lower nine-hundreds, culminating in twenty occurrences (rank 904) in 2024, a trajectory that underscores its status as a relatively rare but incrementally recognized choice within contemporary Anglo-American onomastic practices and the broader trend of integrating distinctive non-Western names.
Pronunciation
Indian (Hindi)
- Pronunced as VEE-hahn (/vi.ˈhɑːn/)
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