Taylan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 48 babies a year in the US.
Taylan by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Taylan. In the US, 48 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 47 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Taylan
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 Taylan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Taylan
Names that are said the same way as Taylan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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