Faelan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FAY-lan
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Faelan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Faelan mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Faolan
“little wolf”
Saint Faolan, or Fillan, was an early Irish missionary to Scotland, remembered in the name Strathfillan.
Is Faelan a girl's or a boy's name?
Faelan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Faelan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 500% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Faelan, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Faelan of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were given Faelan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #836, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Faolan 25
- Faelan 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Faelan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Faelan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Faelan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012. 9 girls were also named Faelan in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Faelan than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Faelan in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Faelan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
Names like Faelan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Rowan Conan Callan Caelan Conlan Brody Finan Rogan Lochlan Nolan
Other spellings of Faelan
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Aiden Ryan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian Kevin
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, “Faelan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faelan, updated 20 October 2026.