Entry № 4330 · Somali origin

Hodan Hodan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hoh-DAHN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Somali
Meaning
"Prosperous, wealthy"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "prosperous, wealthy".

Hodan means prosperous and rich — abundant in blessings. It carries plenty and good fortune.

Prosperous, wealthy — a Somali name.

The name in its native script.

Hodan
Transliteration
Hodan
Pronunciation
/ hoˈdan /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hodan stands.

Hodan does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hodans before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Hodan.

The number behind Hodan.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hodan reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.