Nolan

Irish

"champion"

Updated Wed Nov 29 2023

Nolan Origin and Meaning

The name Nolan is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "champion".

Nolan is one of the rising Irish surname names, in the spirit of Conan and Ronan, partially inspired by pitcher Nolan Ryan-- who was named Lynn at birth, after his father. Nolan is a cheerful, friendly traditional Irish surname with the appropriate meaning of "champion," and one of the new attractive boy names starting with N.

Nolan is now firmly in the Top 100, and is widely used in Canada, Belgium, and France.

Namesakes include fashion designer Nolan Miller and young Nolan Gould, who plays Luke on Modern Family. Nolan Ross is a character on Revenge; comic actress Molly Shannon named her son Nolan.

# 65 in the US

Nolan Rank in US Top 1000

# 140 on Nameberry

Nolan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Nolan Popularity

65US2022
140Nameberry2023
37Future2028
421England2021
52France2022
68Netherlands2022
96Belgium2022
99Switzerland2022
29Canada2022

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Famous People Named Nolan

(Lynn) Nolan RyanAmerican baseball pitcher
Nolan GouldAmerican child actor
Nolan Kay BushnellAmerican engineer and entrepreneur
Nolan Alexander CarrollAmerican NFL player
Nolan Gallagher ReimoldAmerican baseball player
Nolan Neil CromwellAmerican NFL football coach
Nolan Bertrandoff MillerAmerican fashion designer
Nolan NorthAmerican voice actor
Nolan James ArenadoAmerican baseball player
Nolan RichardsonAmerican basketball coach
Nolan RouxFrench footballer

Nolan Derek SmithAmerican basketball player
Nolan Gerard FunkCanadian Actor
Nolan SotilloAmerican actor
Nolan EmmeYoutube personality
Sydney NolanAustralian artist famous for his Ned Kelly paintings
Christopher NolanBritish,American director
Jonathan "Jonah" NolanBritish,American screenwriter, brother of Christopher Nolan
Nolan River Nicholas (b. 2011)son of actor Thomas Ian Nicholas & DJ Colette
Nolan Chesnut (b. 2005)son of actress Molly Shannon and artist Fritz Chesnut
Nolan James Crosby (b. 2010)son of NFL player Mason Crosby

Nolan Kennedy Ward (b. 2010)son of ice hockey player Cam Ward
Nolan Luca (b. 2014)son of YouTuber britneyandbaby

Nolan in Pop Culture

Nolan Rosscharacter on TV's "Revenge"
Nolan Hotchkisscharacter in Sara Shepard's "The Perfectionists" and "The Good Girls"