Fallan
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Fallan by the numbers
Fallan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1984, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Fallan
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 Fallan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Fallondescended from the ruler238 in the US (2017)
- Fallyndescended from the ruler; a modern respelling of Fallon with -yn suffix62 in the US (2017)
- Falconhunting bird; from falco23 in the US (2017)
- Falaksky or celestial sphere9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Falaqdawn or daybreak9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Falyn34 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Fallan
Names that are said the same way as Fallan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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