Ailan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Ailan by the numbers
Ailan was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Ailan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ailan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ailan
Names that are said the same way as Ailan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Allenfair; bright; handsome787 in the US (2017)
- Alainbright or fair; a form of Alan55 in the US (2017)
- Alenbright; a form of Alan38 in the US (2017)
- Alonoak tree24 in the US (2017)
- Alinfair; bright; a form of Alan5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Allynnoble friend; a form of Alden or Allen13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ailan
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