Keelan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning small and slender; follower of Saint Caoláin.
Keelan by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Keelan. In the US, 105 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 134 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keelan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Keegansmall flame or descendant of Aodhagán1,235 in the US (2017)
- Kellanbright-headed; form of Kellen506 in the US (2017)
- Keenansmall and ancient; form of Cian or Kienan233 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)
- Keelinslender and fair; a form of Caolinn15 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Keelan
Names that are said the same way as Keelan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Keelan, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Keelan
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