Given name & surname
Dalan
“one who is blind”·“from the roadside land”
Dalan is a variant of Dallan. One Irish interpretation is “one who is blind.” Dalan is a variant of Daelan. In American use, Daelan carries the interpretation “from the roadside land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dalan is a variant of Dallan. One Irish interpretation is “one who is blind.” Dalan is a variant of Daelan. In American use, Daelan carries the interpretation “from the roadside land.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dalan is a variant of Dallan. An origin associated with Dallan is Irish. Dalan connects to the Waylon name family through Daelan. An origin associated with Waylon is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dalan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 570
- 570 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 593 as a first name in 2020; 202 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dalan’s family of names
Dalan has a related form in Dallan. Dalan has a related form in Daelan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Dalan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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