Polan Family History
Polan Name Meaning
Irish and English: variant of Irish Polin and English Pullen . This surname is rare in Britain. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Polyan a habitational name from Polyany in Belarus and Ukraine named with Slavic polyany ‘glad clearing’. Polish Czech and Sorbian: topographic name derived from Polish and Czech pole Lower Sorbian pólo Upper Sorbian polo ‘field’. The Sorbian surname is found mainly in Germanized forms Pohlan and Pollan .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022