Given name
Shaylan
“of the fairy palace”
Shaylan is a variant of Shayla. One Irish interpretation is “of the fairy palace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shaylan is a variant of Shayla. One Irish interpretation is “of the fairy palace.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shaylan is a variant of Shayla. An origin associated with Shayla is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaylan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 388
- 60 boys · 328 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 28 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 girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 455 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.
Shaylan’s family of names
Shaylan has a related form in Shayla.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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