Given name & surname
Galan
“a healer; one who is calm”
Galan is a variant of Galen. One Greek interpretation is “a healer; one who is calm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Galan is a variant of Galen. One Greek interpretation is “a healer; one who is calm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Galan is a variant of Galen. An origin associated with Galen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Galan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 9 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 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 as a first name in 2020; 7,849 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.
Galan’s family of names
In English usage, Galan as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with GALLANT. Galan has a related form in Galen. In English usage, Galan as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Galán.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Galan has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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