Bilan
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Bilan by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Bilan. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1983, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Bilan
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 Bilan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bilen3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Belenbethlehem; derived from place name367 in the US (2017)
- Bayanclear, eloquent, or explanation20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baranstorm or rain19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Blainbleak or pale; a blain or blister11 in the US (2017)
- Beilahouse of god; variant of Beulah or Leila5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bilan
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