Sloane - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Sloane \s-loa-

, also used as boy's name Sloane, is pronounced slohn. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "man of arms, warrior". Irish surname in rare use as a given name; Sloane is used as a feminine form, and is associated with "Sloane Square" in west London, where a particular kind of young, upper-class women (known as "Sloane rangers") have their flats. Sloan is the preferred form for boys.

Sloane has 1 variant form: Sloan.

Baby names that sound like Sloane are Seline, Selene, Shalane, Solana, Soline and Solenne.

Sloane is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#11951 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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