Given name
Erlan
“from the nobleman's land”·“a foreigner; stranger”
Erlan is a variant of Erland. Interpretations include “from the nobleman's land” and “a foreigner; stranger”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Erlan is a variant of Erland. Interpretations include “from the nobleman's land” and “a foreigner; stranger”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Erlan is a variant of Erland. An origin associated with Erland is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erlan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,998 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,998 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 204 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.
Erlan’s family of names
Erlan has a related form in Erland. In Danish usage, Erlan has a conventional equivalent in the Finnish form Äärlanni. In Kazakh usage, Erlan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Ерлан.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Erlan
- Erlan QoşanovKazakh politician (born 1962)
- Erlan IdrissovKazakh politicianborn 1959
- Erlan Abdyldayevpoliticianborn 1966
- Erlan SherovKyrgyzstani judokaborn 1998
- Yerlan SerikzhanovKazakhstani judokaborn 1995
- Erlan TurgymbaevKazakh politician (born 1962)
- Erlan KarinKazakh politicianborn 1976
- Erlan SärsembaevKazakh jurist and politicianborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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