Logan

Usually a boy's name

Meaning

From a place in Ayrshire whose name is Gaelic lagan, 'little hollow' Well attested

Origin

Scottish surname, from Gaelic

Element: Earth

linked with: hollow

BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.

Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.

Popularity

US 2025: #53 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #87

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Sources

Wiktionary: Logan
Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, A Dictionary of First Names (OUP, 2006): Logan, Oxford Reference summary
Wikipedia: Logan (given name) (cites Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges)

Names with a similar meaning

Dale
Glen
Glenn
Glenna
Kendall

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Related in meaning in Chinese

峡 xiá gorge Traditional form: 峽 Share this pair: 峡

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning

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