Norlan

A boys’ 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

Norlan by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Norlan

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

  • Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
  • Normannorthman; from Old Norse and English170 in the US (2017)
  • Noelannoble, famous; a form of nolan5 in the US (2017)
  • Nohlan8 in the US (2017)
  • Nollan5 in the US (2017)
  • Nolenchampion, descendant of the noble one; a respelling of Nolan72 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Norlan

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