Sloan - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Sloan \s-loan\ 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. Novelist Sloan Wilson.

Sloan has 1 variant form: Sloane.

Baby names that sound like Sloan are Selwyn, Selwin and Slawin.

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