Kalan Family History
Kalan Name Meaning
Slovenian: topographic name derived from kal ‘shallow pool filled with rainwater’ or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Kal named with the same word. Czech (Kalán): nickname from Moravian dialect galán ‘young man lover’. Turkish: ornamental name or nickname from kalan ‘remaining surviving’. Iranian: from Persian kalān ‘large great’. Indian (Maharashtra): Bhandari occupational name denoting an official in charge of a treasury. The word kalān is probably from Persian (see 4 above) but it coincides with a Sanskrit word meaning ‘brick sanctuary’ in the form of a tower that hosted the deity in a temple.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022