Sloane (given name)

{{Infobox given name

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|gender = Unisex

|meaning = Transferred use of Irish surname Sloane

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|language = English

}}Sloane or Sloan is a given name, a transferred use of the Irish surname O Sluaghadhán, meaning "descendant of Sluaghadhán". Sluaghadhán is an Irish diminutive form of the Irish name Sluaghadh, which means expedition or raid. The name has associations with the Sloane Rangers, a British subculture referring to the tastes and preferences of the stereotypical British upper middle class woman who lived at Sloane Square in West London. {{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=250|isbn= 0-19-861060-2}}

Usage

The name has been among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in the United States since 2009 and among the top 200 since 2018. It has been among the top 100 names for newborn girls in Canada since 2017. {{cite web

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| access-date= 25 November 2023

| quote = }} The name is also in use for boys, though it has never ranked among the 1,000 most popular names given to boys in the United States. {{cite web

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