How to say it
LO · gan
/ˈloʊ.gən/
Masculine
Logan
Little hollow
What it means
Scottish Gaelic place name, from lagán ('little hollow'). Originally a Scottish surname for someone who lived in or near a small valley.
Logan started as a Scottish place name from the Gaelic lagán ('little hollow' or 'small dell'). The surname formed from people living in or near places with that name; the surname-to-first-name jump happened in 20th-century America. Wolverine's birth name in the X-Men comics (revealed in 2001's Origin) and the 2017 film bearing his name gave Logan modern cultural weight. The 1976 Logan's Run helped earlier. It's been in the US top 25 since 2008. Single-syllable Log is rare; most Logans go by Logan.
Popularity over time
peaked at #5 in 2017, currently #53 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Pop culture
Wolverine's birth name (revealed in 2001's Origin) and the 2017 film bearing the title gave Logan its definitive modern American anchor.
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Logan (Wolverine) James Howlett's birth name in the X-Men comics
- Logan Lerman Actor, Percy Jackson and Fury
Spelling variants
- Logann
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