Arlan \a-rlan, ar-lan\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Arlan), is a variant of Arlen (Gaelic) and Erland (Old English, Old Norse), and the meaning of Arlan is "pledge, oath; noble's land; foreigner, stranger".

The baby name Arlan sounds like Arlyn, Arlin, Arland and Orlan. Other similar baby names are Arran, Aran, Alan, Allan, Arian, Arman, Arnan and Aslan.