Satan

Locally spelled শয়তান in BD Bangladesh, Sae-Tan in MY Malaysia and Setan in SG Singapore.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Satan, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Lucifer
• Hitler
• Judas
• Omen
• Adolf
• Hades
• Jesus
• Christian
• Lillith
• Hannibal
• Natasha
• Lilith

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Satan is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Saṭañ, Satán, Satañ, Sātan

• Turkish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, India

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Şatan, Satán

• Khmer given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan, India, United States, China

  Also written Šatan

• Thai given name11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Thailand, Israel, Pakistan

  Also written ซาตาน, สุตนัย, สุตินัย, สตันย์, สตินัย

• Sinhala given name14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Sithin, Satana, Şatana, Sitina, සුටින්

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Satan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• The names Satan and Lucifer are not typically used as personal names due to their strong and overwhelmingly negative associations with the personification of evil, sin, and rebellion against God in Abrahamic religions.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• In English, adversary of God, devil

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In trk-pro, thigh, hip

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In English, The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (in Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Slovak, Satan, the Devil, the supreme evil spirit, who rules Hell

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Satan mean, and where does it come from?

The name 'Satan' comes from the Hebrew noun 'śāṭān' (שָׂטָן), which means 'adversary' or 'accuser,' derived from a verb root meaning 'to obstruct' or 'to oppose'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.

How do you pronounce Satan?

A machine transcription gives /seɪtən/ (IPA) for Hindi.

Is Satan a male or female name?

Satan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Satan have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 576 people named শয়তান in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.

How common is the name Satan?

Mondonomo estimates about 580 people in Bangladesh have শয়তান as their first given name, about 1 in 282 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.