Aslan

Where Aslan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Aslan.

Aslan through the years
  1. 1951
    Aslan Maskhadov born
    Chechen warlord and politician
  2. 1963
    Aslan Bzhania born
    Abkhaz politician
  3. 1979
    First appearance
    #4,842 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1998
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #860
    280 babies named Aslan, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Aslan Maskhadov · Chechen warlord and politician, 1951–2005
  • Aslan Bzhania · Abkhaz politician, born 1963
  • Aslan Karatsev · Russian tennis player, born 1993
  • Aslan Abashidze · Georgian politician, former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic, born 1938
  • Aslan Usoyan · Russian criminal of Kurdish origin, 1937–2013

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.