Mahan (name)

Mahan is both a surname and a given name.

When used as given name in Persian (ماهان māhān), it means "like the moon" or "moon-like", or even referring to something "as beautiful as the moon".

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Surname

  • Alex Mahan (born 1988), American video game developer
  • Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914), American officer, geostrategist, and naval historian
  • Armand Mahan (born 1983), Ivorian football player
  • Art Mahan (1913–2010), American baseball player
  • Asa Mahan (1800–1889), first president of Oberlin College
  • Dennis Hart Mahan (1802–1871), professor at the US Military Academy, father of Alfred
  • Eddie Mahan (1892–1975), American football player
  • Hunter Mahan (born 1981), American golfer
  • Larry Mahan (1943–2023), eight time rodeo world champion
  • Matt Mahan (born 1982), American politician, mayor of San Jose, California
  • Sean Mahan (born 1980), American football player
  • William Dennes Mahan (1824–1906), Presbyterian minister and author of The Archko Volume
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