Around the world, หลั่น (Lan 
, หลั่น) is a common unisex forename. The given name หลั่น is characteristic of Macao, where it is a common principally female, but very infrequently masculine name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a common predominantly feminine, but scarcely boy's name, and Israel (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Vietnam, the United States, and China. More prevalently, หลั่น is the last name as well as the forename.
หลั่น is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lan Mandragoran , the fictional character from The Wheel of Time; Lan Fan , the fictional character from Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Lan Hikari .