Aslan

Gender Masculine
Usage Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Literature
Scripts Аслан(Kazakh, Chechen, Ossetian) Аслъан(Western Circassian) Аслъэн(Eastern Circassian)

Meaning & History

From Turkic arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The author C. S. Lewis later used the name Aslan for the main protagonist (a lion) in his Chronicles of Narnia series of books, first appearing in 1950.

Related Names

VariantArslan(Turkish)
Other Languages & CulturesArslan(Turkmen)
Surname DescendantAslan(Turkish)

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Entry updated April 25, 2021