Entry № 1727 · Irish origin

Callan Callan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAL-uhn /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Battle / rocky (Michael Callan; modern unisex)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "battle / rocky (michael callan; modern unisex)".

Callan is from the Irish Cathalán — diminutive of Cathal (battle, fight) — also possibly from the Gaelic cailleach (rocky place). Patrick Callan — modern American figure. Callan Park — historic Sydney site. Princess Callan — modern naming.

Battle / rocky (Irish).

The name in its native script.

Callan
Transliteration
Callan
Pronunciation
/ ˈkæl.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Callan stands.

Callan does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Callans before her.

Real people
Callan McAuliffe
Australian Walking Dead actor.
born 1995
In fiction
Callan
BBC's iconic 1967-1972 spy drama.
1967

Names connected to Callan.

The number behind Callan.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Callan reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.