Arlen - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Arlen \a-rlen, ar-len\ is pronounced AR-len. It is of Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "pledge, oath".

Arlen has 9 variant forms: Arlan, Arland, Arlando, Arlenn, Arles, Arlin, Arlyn, Arllen and Arrlen.

Baby names that sound like Arlen are Erlend, Orlin and Orlan.

Arlen is an uncommon male first name and an uncommon surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Arlen. Click here to compare Arlen with related baby names.