Elhan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- el-HAHN
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Elhan is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “ruler of the land”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Elhan mean?
Turkish: Turkish el, land or people, + han, khan
“ruler of the land”
Is Elhan a girl's or a boy's name?
Elhan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elhan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,423rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Elhan, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 boys.
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Elhan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #1,423 for this spelling alone.
- Elhan 20
- Elhaan 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Elhan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,177 |
How popular is Elhan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Elhan, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2023.
Elhan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
Names like Elhan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Umar, Musa, Amir, Zayaan, Yazan, Khalid, Zayan, Zayyan, Abdulrahman, Ahmed
Other spellings of Elhan
Elhaan
Names related to Elhan
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elhan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elhan, updated 20 October 2026.