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Sloane
SloaneSay it SLOHN
- Meaning today
- Warrior, raider
- Original meaning
- "descendant of Sluaghadhán; built on Irish slúag, "host, army"" Patrick Woulfe
- Say it
- SLOHN
- Other spellings
- Sloan
Sloane
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Sloane meaning
Sloane is an international girl's name of Irish origin.
Meaning today
Warrior, raider
Original Irish meaning
"descendant of Sluaghadhán; built on Irish slúag, "host, army""
Source: Patrick Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923) · entry Ó Sluaghadháin · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
Sloane began as an Irish surname. Patrick Woulfe's Irish Names and Surnames gives Sloan and Sloane as English forms of Ó Sluaghadháin, "descendant of Sluaghadhán", a name common in County Mayo; he adds that the Sloanes of Antrim and Down came from Scotland. The personal name is built on Irish slúag, which the Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language gives as a host or army, and name lists give it as "warrior" or "raider", which we could not confirm exactly. Woulfe notes that Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection founded the British Museum, belonged to this family. It is said SLOHN.
References: Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames, Ó Sluaghadháin (Library Ireland) · eDIL, slóg, slúag
Famous namesakes
- Sir Hans Sloane, physician whose collection founded the British Museum (surname)
Popularity abroad
- #141 United States, girls 2025 (up 12 from 153 in 2024)
US Social Security Administration - #792 England and Wales, girls 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Sloane · Sloan