Logan

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled 로건 in KR South Korea and Log-An in PH Philippines.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Logan is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name212K records spelled Logan20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Mexico, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Logán, Logàn, Log-An, Lõgãn, Lôgàn

• a separate name23K records spelled Logan2 spellings in the group

  Also written Logán

• a separate name1.6K records spelled Logan2 spellings in the group

  Also written ලෝගන්

71 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Logan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Location surname from Logan near Cumnock, Ayrshire; from Gaelic lagan ‘hollows’. Robert Logan recorded in 1204.

  as a name·Scottish Surnames

• In French, From a Scottish surname/place name, from Gaelic lagan, 'small hollow'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, from Logan (Ayr) or a minor place of the same name; first attested Robert Logan 1204 Black

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• habitational name from any of the places in Scotland so called, principally that near Auchinleck. They all get their names from Gaelic lagan, a diminutive of lag ‘hollow’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Transferred use of the Scottish surname, in origin a local name from a place so called in Ayrshire. Lois ° New Testament: name, of unknown origin, borne by the grandmother of the Timothy to whom St Paul wrote two epistles (see 2 Timothy 1:5). Both Timothy and his mother Eunice bore common Greek names, but Lois remains unexplained.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Joshua Loganb. 1908USAmerican stage and film director and writer (1908-1988)
• Johnny Loganb. 1954IEIrish singer and songwriter
• John Loganb. 1961USAmerican playwright and screenwriter (born 1961)
• Gabe Newellb. 1962USnot in their usual nameAmerican computer programmer and businessman
• Michael Goveb. 1967GBnot in their usual nameBritish politician (born 1967)
• Daniel Loganb. 1987NZNew Zealand actor
• Logan Lermanb. 1992USAmerican actor (born 1992)
• Logan Millerb. 1992USAmerican actor (*1992)
• Jordan Pickfordb. 1994GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (born 1994)
• Logan Paulb. 1995USAmerican YouTuber and Internet personality (born 1995)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,199 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Logan?

We estimate roughly 340 thousand people bear Logan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Logan have the most bearers?

Logan is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled logan.

What does the name Logan mean?

Recorded meaning: (i) Person from Logan, a Scottish place-name meaning ‘small hollow’; (ii) from Irish Gaelic Ó Leochdin, descendant of Leochdn.