Nissan Family History
Nissan Name Meaning
Jewish (Israeli): artificial name from the name of the Jewish month during which Passover takes place. In some cases it can also be from a personal name based on the name of the month. Arabic and Assyrian/Chaldean: from the personal name Nissan based on the name of the first month of the Assyrian calendar which falls in April on the Gregorian calendar; in Levant and Mesopotamia this (nīsān in Arabic and Syriac) is the name for April.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022