Delan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Delan by the numbers
Delan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Delan
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 Delan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Declanfull of goodness3,483 in the US (2017)
- Deanvalley; church official2,067 in the US (2017)
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Deklanman from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan179 in the US (2017)
- Devandivine or godly; from Devan21 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Delan
Names that are said the same way as Delan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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