Patlan Family History
Patlan Name Meaning
Amerindian (Mexico): from the root of Nahuatl (Aztec) patlani ‘to fly’ and the suffix -tlan ‘abundance of’ hence interpreted as e.g. ‘fly and reach great heights’. Ukrainian and Jewish (from Eastern Europe): nickname from Ukrainian patly ‘long hair’ + the suffix -an.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022