Given name & surname
Quillan
“resembling a cub”
Quillan is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “resembling a cub.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “resembling a cub.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Quillan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 378
- 378 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,419 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,419 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 335 as a first name in 2020; 285 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.
Quillan’s family of names
Quillan has a related form in Quilan. Quillan has a related form in Quilen. Quillan has a related form in Quillen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Quillan
- Quillan RobertsGuyanese association football playerborn 1994
- Quillan SalkilldAustralian mixed martial artistborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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