Given name & surname
Dallan
“one who is blind”
Dallan is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “one who is blind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “one who is blind.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dallan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 750
- 750 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,452 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,452 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 736 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dallan’s family of names
Dallan has a related form in Dalen. Dallan has a related form in Dallen. Dallan has a related form in Dalon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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