Sloan \s-loan\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Sloan), is pronounced slohn. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Sloan is "man of arms, warrior". Irish surname in rare use as a given name; Sloane is used as a feminine form, and is associated with "Sloane Square" in west London, where a particular type of young, upper-class women (known as "Sloane rangers") have their flats. Novelist Sloan Wilson.

Sloan has 1 variant form: Sloane.

Baby names that sound like Sloan are Selwyn, Selwin and Slawin.