Ulan
Fewer than 80 men in Poland carry it, so most people have never met an Ulan. A Slavic name meaning "young man" or "boy", and hardly any boys receive it now.
Ulan Pronunciation
Ulan is pronounced OO-lahn (/ˈulan/).
What Ulan means
Where Ulan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ulan grows from Slavic soil, and its meaning is plain: a young man, a boy. The name holds the early years, the time before a man is fully grown. Old Slavic naming often drew on plain description, on a person's age or a visible trait.
There are no diminutives recorded for it, no girl's form, no saint's day attached. Ulan stands on its own. A teacher reading a class register in Poland would meet it rarely, because it sits apart from the Piotrs and the Mareks.
Polish ears may also catch the word ułan, the light cavalry rider of the old army. That word reached Polish from Turkish oğlan, meaning a young man. It travelled its own road. The name Ulan keeps its plain sense, a young man, a boy.
How many people are named Ulan
1 in 273669 men in Poland is named Ulan. 78 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4042 among male names.