Given name

Farlan

“a son of the furrows”

Farlan is used as a given name. One Scottish interpretation is “a son of the furrows.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Scottish interpretation is “a son of the furrows.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.

Farlan’s family of names

Farlan has a related form in Farlaen. Farlan has a related form in Farlaene. Farlan has a related form in Farlain.

Walk Farlan’s family in the name graph

FarlanFarlaineFarlaneFarlaeneFarlaenFarlayneFarlaynFarlain

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 7

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Farlan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Scottish

Ridlon

“Red Land”

No U.S. birth series

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Scottish · Nature

Nairn

“from the alder-tree river”

No U.S. birth series

73% boys · 27% girls

Scottish

Machar

“plain”

No U.S. birth series

95% boys · 5% girls

Scottish

Cauley

“a righteous man; a relic”

No U.S. birth series

56% boys · 44% girls

Scottish · Old-fashioned

Wallace

“foreign, Celtic” · “a Welshman; a man from the south”

49UncommonSteady

98% boys · 2% girls

German · Nature

Adair

“from the oak-tree ford” · “a wealthy spearman”

38RareRising

67% boys · 33% girls

Scottish

Stratton

“a homebody”

37RareRising fast

96% boys · 4% girls

Scottish · Saints

Colin

“high” · “of the victorious people”

65FamiliarEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Farlan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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