Given name
Faolan
“resembling a little wolf”
Faolan is used as a given name. One interpretation is “resembling a little wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “resembling a little wolf.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Faolan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 197
- 197 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,466 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,466 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Faolan’s family of names
Faolan has a related form in Faelan. Faolan has a related form in Faelen. Faolan has a related form in Faelin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Faelanvariant
- Faelynvariant
- Faelenvariant
- Felynvariant
- Faolynvariant
- Felinvariant
- Faelinvariant
- Faolinvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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