Meilan

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Meilan by the numbers

Meilan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Meilan

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 Meilan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Meilanibeautiful heavenly garland; combination of mei and lani292 in the US (2017)
  • Meilinbeautiful jade or beautiful forest7 in the US (2017)
  • Milan169 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Meila17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Meilah17 in the US (2017)
  • Meilyn15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Meilan

Names that are said the same way as Meilan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Melainedark, black; a form of Melania8 in the US (2017)
  • Meylin17 in the US (2017)
  • Meleane7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Meilan

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