Tallan

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

Tallan by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Tallan

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

  • Tallondescendant of Tallan; peaceful16 in the US (2017)
  • Talan65 in the US (2017)
  • Taylan48 in the US (2017)
  • Tallen15 in the US (2017)
  • Tallyn7 in the US (2017)
  • Talonclaw of a bird of prey326 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Tallan

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

  • Taylenone who cuts cloth; a modern respelling of Taylor154 in the US (2017)
  • Talyn46 in the US (2017)
  • Talen29 in the US (2017)
  • Taylon29 in the US (2017)
  • Tailon5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tallan

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