# Arran

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈæɹən/ · frequency rank #42,004

## Definitions
1. Ellipsis of Isle of Arran, Scotland.
2. A male given name transferred from the place name, of modern Scottish usage.
3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. Synonym of Arranmore (island in County Donegal, Ireland)
5. A male given name from Tamil.

## Etymology
Derived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Islay.
Possibly from a Brythonic/Pictish term ancestral or cognate to Middle Welsh aran (“"high place"”).

## Easily confused with
- **aura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-aura)
- **Arya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-arya)
- **Arun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-arun)
- **Asian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-asian)
- **arrow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-arrow)
- **array** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-array)
- **arson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-arson)
- **ASEAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-asean)
- **Aryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-aryan)
- **avian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-avian)
- **aural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-aural)
- **Aslan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-aslan)
- **arras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-arras)
- **arrays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-arrays)
- **arrange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arran-vs-arrange)
- **ara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ara-vs-arran)
- **arr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arr-vs-arran)
- **ARN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arn-vs-arran)
- **area** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/area-vs-arran)
- **Alan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alan-vs-arran)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aran`, `ararn`, `arrann`, `arrna`, `raran`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arran