Kailan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.
Kailan by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Kailan. In the US, 26 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 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kailan
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 Kailan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kaidansmall battle; a form of Kaden52 in the US (2017)
- Kaelanslender or fair; a form of Kaelen17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Keilanbright; slender; form of Kilian33 in the US (2017)
- Kilansmall and graceful; a form of Kilian11 in the US (2017)
- Kaplanchaplain, priest; occupational surname5 in the US (2017)
- Kainan49 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kailan
Names that are said the same way as Kailan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Callanpowerful warrior; a form of cailean393 in the US (2017)
- Calanbright; from calan dawn6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
- Caileanyoung warrior; a form of Cailum4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Calonheart4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Callen489 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kailan
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