Aslan Family History
Aslan Name Meaning
Turkish: ornamental name or nickname from aslan ‘lion’ figuratively ‘brave man’. Compare Arslan . Jewish (from the Ottoman Empire) and Muslim (Levant): from a personal name based on Turkish aslan ‘lion’ (see 1 above). Altered form of Albanian Asllani: from the personal name Asllan (definite form Asllani) from asllan ‘lion’ an archaic word of Turkish origin (see 1 above). In some cases probably also an American shortened form of Armenian Aslanian .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022