Mahan is both a surname and a given name.
When used as given name in Persian (ماهان māhān), it means "like the moon" or "moon-like", or even referring to something "as beautiful as the moon".
Notable people with the name include:
Given name Mahan Singh, Chief of the Sukerchakia Misl of the Sikh Confederacy Mahan Mitra (born 1968), Indian mathematician Mahan Esfahani (born 1984), Iranian-American harpsichordist
Surname Alex Mahan (born 1988), American video game developer Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914), American officer, geostrategist, and naval historian Armand Mahan (born 1983), Ivorian football player Art Mahan (1913–2010), American baseball player Asa Mahan (1800–1889), first president of Oberlin College Dennis Hart Mahan (1802–1871), professor at the US Military Academy, father of Alfred Eddie Mahan (1892–1975), American football player Hunter Mahan (born 1981), American golfer Larry Mahan (1943–2023), eight time rodeo world champion Matt Mahan (born 1982), American politician, mayor of San Jose, California Sean Mahan (born 1980), American football player Virginia Mahan (1949–2023), American politician William Dennes Mahan (1824–1906), Presbyterian minister and author of The Archko Volume