Given name & surname · also Anglo-Saxon
Tolan
“from the taxed land”·“one who is studious”
Tolan is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the taxed land” and “one who is studious”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the taxed land” and “one who is studious”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Anglo-Saxon and American naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tolan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 44 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 7 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 179 as a first name in 2020; 1,667 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.
Tolan’s family of names
Tolan has a related form in Toland. Tolan has a related form in Tolande. Tolan has a related form in Tolen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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