Fun Facts About the Name Zagan
- 32 babies named Zagan: U.S. records list 32 babies given the name Zagan from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zagan Mean?
Zagan has no established meaning. It is best known from European occult writing, where it names a demon (also spelled Zagam), and the same spelling is an old Latin and German form of the Polish town name Żagań. The occult texts that list the demon do not explain the name, and no derivation from a known language has been demonstrated. Any stated meaning should be treated as a guess rather than a translation.
Zagan Name History & Origins
The name is documented chiefly in demonology. Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) lists a spirit called Zagam, and the Ars Goetia of the Lesser Key of Solomon lists him as Zagan, a great king and president of Hell who governs thirty-three legions. He is said to appear as a bull with griffin wings and then in human form, to make people witty, and to change wine into water, blood into wine, and water into wine. These are entries in a catalogue of spirits, a literary and occult genre rather than a record of personal naming.
The same string of letters serves as a Latin and German form of Żagań, a town in western Poland (German: Sagan). That place name has its own Slavic origin and history, and there is no reason to connect it to the demon except the coincidence of spelling.
How Popular is the Name Zagan?
Zagan has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2018. Its best rank was #8,797 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | #10,758 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #10,572 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #8,797 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #8,815 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Zagan Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have aspiration and inspiration, hope and guidance. Since you are intuitive and perceptive and you understand human nature. You have the power to achieve. Diplomacy and discretion make you a good mediator. You are inspired, introspective, and have a good understanding of the human heart. You can have the ability to commercialize your artistic talents successfully. You are often a mystery to others and to yourself. You are always reaching for something higher, without exactly knowing what that "higher" is. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Dependable, very down-to-earth and well grounded, you are always looking for meaningful work, a career where you can take pride in your work and do the best job you are capable of. Your prime desire is to build protected and secure environment at home and at work. You can be very persuasive in achieving goals and gaining objectives. You can be very detailed and well-organized and possess great organizational skills. At times you may appear too stubborn and overly critical to others, but your practical approach to life and productivity makes you one of the most beneficent members of community.
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