Kelan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 32 babies a year in the US.
Kelan by the numbers
Kelan was given to 32 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 201 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Kelan
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 Kelan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kellanbright-headed; form of Kellen506 in the US (2017)
- Keelansmall and slender; follower of Saint Caoláin105 in the US (2017)
- Kenanpossession, acquired; biblical name22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaelanslender or fair; a form of Kaelen17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kegansmall fire; a form of Keegan40 in the US (2017)
- Keilanbright; slender; form of Kilian33 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kelan
Names that are said the same way as Kelan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kelan
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