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Jahan (name)

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Jahan (Persian: جهان, Urdu: جہاں, Bengali: জাহান) is a word of Persian origin meaning "world" or "universe". It is used as a gender neutral first name or surname in the Middle East, Central and South Asia. The Turkish rendering of the same name is Cihan.

Along with Jehan, it is also a variant and ancient form of French name and surname Jean. The surnames Jahan and Jehan have been most prevalent in northwestern France (e.g. Normandy, Brittany, Touraine).[1][2]

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