Dallan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Dallan by the numbers
Dallan was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 34 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Dallan
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 Dallan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dallasfrom the meadow dwelling or field place1,908 in the US (2017)
- Dillanson of Dillion; true desire84 in the US (2017)
- Daylanson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan81 in the US (2017)
- Dyllanson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan56 in the US (2017)
- Dallinfrom the valley; a variant of Dallas53 in the US (2017)
- Daelan17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dallan
Names that are said the same way as Dallan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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