Colan - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Colan \c(o)-lan\ is a variant of Colin (Irish, Scottish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Colan is "young creature".

The baby name Colan sounds like Calan and Colyn. Other similar baby names are Colman, Conan, Conlan, Corlan, Cowan, Coyan, Dolan, Colas and Nolan.

Colan is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#29173 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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