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Kelan - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Kelan

[ syll. ke-lan, kel-an ] The boy name Kelan is pronounced KEHLahN KEY. Kelan's language of origin is Celtic and Irish Gaelic. It is predominantly used in English. From Celtic and Irish Gaelic roots, its meaning is 'tiny and slender'. Forms of Kelan include Kealan (English), Kelen (English), Kelin (English), and Kellen (English).

In addition, Kelan is a form of Keelan (English). The spelling variants Kaelan (English) and Kellan (English) are other forms of the name.

Kelan is an uncommon baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.009% of baby boys were named Kelan. It had a ranking of #970 then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then, and is of only infrequent use now. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly related to Kelan, Kellen (English) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Kelan include Kelen (English), Kellan (English), Kellen (English), Kalen (English and German), Kalin (English), Kallum (English and Scottish), Kalman (German), Kalum (English and Scottish), Kálmán (Hungarian), Kealan (English), Keelan (English), Kelemen (Hungarian), Kelin (English), Kellin (English), Kelwyn (English), Killian (English, French, German, and Irish), Klema (Czech), Klemen (Slavic), Klemo (Czech), and Kolman (Czech and German).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Kelan: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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