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Aslan

Aslan: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“lion”
Origin
Turkish
Say it
AZ-lan · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (94% of all uses)

A well-established Turkish name meaning lion, also found more broadly in Turkic languages. It is familiar in English through C. S. Lewis's Narnia books.

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How popular is Aslan?

202463.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aslan in 2024210

2024 rank#1,049 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,529

Aslan is rising: use over the last five years is 3.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Aslan

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Azlanlion · Turkish
  • Dilanheart; beloved · Turkish
  • Erensaintly person; mature one · Turkish
  • Evrenuniverse, cosmos · Turkish
  • Aydinenlightened, bright · Turkish
  • Endervery rare · Turkish
  • Aydanfrom the moon · Turkish

Aslan questions

What does the name Aslan mean?

Aslan means "lion". It comes from Turkish. A well-established Turkish name meaning lion, also found more broadly in Turkic languages. It is familiar in English through C. S. Lewis's Narnia books.

Is Aslan a boy or girl name?

Aslan is mainly a boy's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aslan?

210 US babies were named Aslan in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Aslan?

Aslan is usually pronounced AZ-lan.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.