Ladan

/L-AE-D-AA-N/

Girl MuslimZoroastrian Persian origin OtherPersian

The ladan, an aromatic flowering shrub, from Persian ladan, often identified with the nasturtium. The name belongs to the Persian custom of naming daughters for fragrant plants and flowers, giving a quiet botanical grace rooted in the scented gardens of Iranian tradition.

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Meaning & origin

Ladan is a girl's name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families. The name means "The ladan, an aromatic flowering shrub, from Persian ladan, often identified with the nasturtium. The name belongs to the Persian custom of naming daughters for fragrant plants and flowers, giving a quiet botanical grace rooted in the scented gardens of Iranian tradition." and belongs to the Nature cluster — names drawn from the natural world — earth, water, sky.

Beyond its Muslim heritage, Ladan is also used in Zoroastrian traditions, reflecting how this name has traveled across cultures.

Common among Other, Persian families, Ladan carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Ladan

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Ladan resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
5
freedom and adventurous change
Chaldean
5
freedom and adventurous change

How Ladan sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Ladan breaks down into 5 phonemes: /L-AE-D-AA-N/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

The six signals, applied to Ladan

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Ladan maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.

01 — Birth Star
Nakshatra match
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02 — Numerology
Destiny alignment
Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 5) matched against your family's own numerology profile.
03 — Phonetics
Last-name fit
Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Ladan flows with your family name.
04 — Meaning
Nature
Ladan belongs to the Nature cluster — names drawn from the natural world — earth, water, sky.
05 — Cultural & Tradition
Muslim
As a Muslim name, Ladan carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.
06 — Uniqueness
Popularity balance
How common Ladan is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Ladan

If Ladan resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Muslim girl names, common in Other families

Fatima
She who abstains, the shining one — Fatima al-Zahra is the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad and the mother of his grandsons Hasan and Husayn. Revered across all branches of Islam as the foremost woman of paradise, her name carries maternal devotion, spiritual purity, and the luminous grace of one called 'the Radiant' by her own father
Maryam
The exalted one, the only woman named in the Quran — Maryam mother of Isa is honoured in an entire surah bearing her name, praised as the woman chosen above all women of all worlds. Her name bridges Islam and Christianity with shared reverence, carrying purity, miraculous grace, and the courage of a mother who bore her child alone beneath a palm tree
Layla
Night, the intoxicating darkness of a desert evening — Layla is the legendary beloved of Majnun in the greatest love story of Arabic literature, the woman whose beauty drove a poet to madness and exile. Her name carries the romance of starlit sand dunes, the mystery of dark hair against moonlight, and the ache of a love too intense for the daylit world
Yasmin
Jasmine, the night-blooming flower whose fragrance intensifies after sunset — Yasmin is the Persian gift to the world's gardens, a vine that climbs walls and releases its sweetest perfume in the darkness

Sharing the same meaning

Other Muslim girl names from the Nature cluster

Samaira
Enchanting, protected by God — Samaira has debated origins: some trace it to Sanskrit 'samira' (breeze, wind) or Arabic 'samira' (companion in evening conversation). Its ambiguity is its strength
Saba
Morning breeze, the dawn wind, from Arabic saba. A favoured image in Urdu and Persian poetry, where the gentle morning wind carries messages and scents, the name lends its bearer the cool, reviving freshness of first light, a soft current of air stirring at the day's beginning.
Bahar
Spring — a Persian name reflecting an ancient tradition where sound and significance intertwine to shape a child's sense of self

Names that sound similar

Muslim girl names that open with the same syllables as Ladan

Layan
Softness, gentleness, ease, from the Arabic root l-y-n (to be soft, tender), shared with Lina. The name dwells on a yielding, gentle quality of character and touch, wishing a daughter a nature that is mild and tender, a soft-vowelled favourite of contemporary Arabian naming.
Latifa
Gentle, kind, refined, the feminine of Arabic latif, from the root l-t-f (to be gentle, subtle). Al-Latif, the Subtle and Kind, is among the ninety-nine names of God, so the name unites tenderness with delicacy, picturing a daughter graceful in manner and soft in heart.
Lamis
Soft to the touch, smooth, from Arabic lamis. Classical Arabic love-poetry uses the word for the lover's gentle, tender touch, so the name dwells on delicacy and softness, giving a daughter an image of grace that is felt as much as seen, in the old poetic register.

Common questions about Ladan

What does the name Ladan mean?

Ladan means "The ladan, an aromatic flowering shrub, from Persian ladan, often identified with the nasturtium. The name belongs to the Persian custom of naming daughters for fragrant plants and flowers, giving a quiet botanical grace rooted in the scented gardens of Iranian tradition.." It is a girl name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families.

Is Ladan a boy or girl name?

Ladan is most commonly used as a girl name.

What is the origin of the name Ladan?

Ladan is of Persian origin, used in Muslim, Zoroastrian traditions, commonly among Other, Persian families.

What is the numerology of Ladan?

Ladan has a Pythagorean destiny number of 5 — freedom and adventurous change.

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