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What does Carlan mean?
Carlan 
as a girls' name is an Old German name, and the name Carlan means "free man". Carlan is an alternate spelling of Caroline (Old German): from the French variation of Carolina.
Variations
VARIANTS Karlene, Karlen, Karlein, Karleen, Carlynne, Carlynn, Carlyne, Carlyn, Carllen, Carline, Carlin, Carlene▼, Carlen, Carlein, Carleen
RELATIONS VIA CAROLINE Callie▲, Caraleen, Caralin, Caraline, Caralyn, Caralyne, Caralynn, Cari▼, Carileen, Carilena, Carilyn, Carla▼, Carleena, Carley▼, Carlina, Carlinda, Carlita, Carlota, Carly▼, Carlyna, Caro, Carol▼, Carola, Carolan, Carolann▼, Carolanne, Carole▼, Carolein, Caroliana, Carolin, Carolina, Caroll, Carollyn, Carolyn▼, Carolyne, Carolynn▼, Carri, Carrie▼, Carrolyn, Carry, Cary▼, Charla▼, Charleen▼, Charlena, Charlene▼, Charline▼, Charlyne, Karalyn, Karelyn, Karilyn, Karla▼, Karlena, Karli▼, Karlie, Karlina, Karolin, Karolyn, Sharla▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Carlan Novalee (C.N.), ..
How popular is Carlan?
Carlan is an unusual given name for females but a very prominent surname for all people (#38992 out of 150436, Top 26%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Carlan (NOT RANKED) appearing in the Top 2000 are Caroline (#55 VIA LATEST LIST), Callie (#190), Carolina (#425), Carly (#483), Karla (#626), Carolyn (#860), Carla (#1022), Karlie (#1054), Carley (#1443), Carrie (#1768), Carol (#1788), Charlene (#1813), Karli (#1831), Carline, Cary, Charla, Charleen, Karleen, Charline, Charlyne, Karlene, Karolyn, Carry, Carri, Carlota, Carolynn, Carolyne, Cari, Caroll, Carleen, Carlene, Carolin, Carole, Carolann, Carola, Caro, Carlyn and Sharla. Other variants, like Caralynn, are seldom used. These relations of Carlan were popular as birth names 78 years ago (MEDIAN #1098) and have become much less popular since (#1667, DOWN 87.3%), with forms such as Carolyn becoming somewhat dated. Caroline and Callie are two of the more trendy birth names in this compilation. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Carlan is alike in pronunciation to Corlene, Karlin, Karline, Karlyn, Karlyne and Karlynn. Other recommended sound-alike names are Arlan, Caela, Caelin, Caelyn▼, Cailin, Caitlan, Cala, Calen, Calyn, Carah, Carden, Cardon, Careen, Caren▼, Cariana, Carin, Carlaena, Carlana, Carleah, Carlena, Carlenna (see Carlene), Carlia, Carlie, Carlla, Carlonda, Carlye, Carma, Carman, Carmen▼, Carmin, Carolena, Caron, Caronn (see Karen), Carrin, Carron, Carson, Carylon, Carynn, Catelan, Catlain, Cayla▼, Charalyn, Charelin (see Cherilyn), Charlaine, Charlanna, Charlayne, Charlien, Charlyn, Charlynn, Cherlyn, Ciaran, Coralin, Darla▼, Darlyn, Earla, Garland, Kallan, Karan, Karlah, Kaylan▼, Marian▼, Marjan, Marlane, Marlen▼, Marlon, Marlyn▼, Maryan, Saran and Taran. These names tend to be more frequently used than Carlan.
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