# Callan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,831

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Ó Cathaláin (“descendant of Cathalán”).

## Easily confused with
- **clan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-clan)
- **clean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-clean)
- **calls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-calls)
- **Carla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-carla)
- **Cally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-cally)
- **called** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-called)
- **collar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-collar)
- **Calvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-calvin)
- **caller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-caller)
- **cellar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-cellar)
- **Cullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-cullen)
- **cayman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-cayman)
- **carlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-carlin)
- **Callum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-callum)
- **Canaan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-canaan)
- **Collin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-collin)
- **Callie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-callie)
- **collab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-collab)
- **Colman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-colman)
- **Caplan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-caplan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acllan`, `calaln`, `calan`, `callann`, `callna`, `ccallan`, `clalan`

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