Arlon
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arlon by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Arlon. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 1933, making it a 1930s name.
What we can tell you about Arlon
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 Arlon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aronhigh mountain, exalted; variant of Aaron77 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arionvery melodious; from the legendary poet and musician73 in the US (2017)
- Arronhigh mountain; variant spelling of aaron6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arlaneagle land; a form of Harland14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arloweagle lake or hill7 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Arlon
Names that are said the same way as Arlon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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