Elan \e-lan\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Elan), is a variant of Ellen (Greek), and the meaning of Elan is "sun ray, shining light".

The baby name Elan sounds like Elane, Elana, Elyn, Elen, Elin, Elon and Ellan. Other similar baby names are Elah, Ela, Evan and Eman.