Given name & surname
Elgan
“of the bright circle”
Elgan is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “of the bright circle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “of the bright circle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elgan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1918. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 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.
Elgan’s family of names
Elgan has a related form in Elga. Elgan has a related form in Elgann. Elgan has a related form in Elgen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Elgan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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