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The great pitcher Nolan Ryan immediately comes to mind as the most famous Nolan.

We named our little Nolan in 2009. Since then I’ve met at least 10 Nolans!

Personal experiences with the name Nolan

We named our son Nolan (2012). Lots of positive feedback so far! It's extremely important to us that our children's names are not common and we haven't met another Nolan. One or two people have told us if extended family members with the same name but not the same age.

We had our Nolan in 2012 as well. The positive comments are usually along the lines of "That's a different name, and nice!" which is exactly our thinking when we chose it. It's uncommon, yet not "weird". It is starting to experience a boost in popularity, presumably because it's such a nice name. ;)

My brother is named Nolan. It is a really cool name.

Nicknames for Nolan

Nollie
No-no
Ollie
Noel
No-Po

Meanings and history of the name Nolan

Champion (Irish, Gaelic)

Famous real-life people named Nolan

Nolan Ryan (baseball player)

Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese)

Nolan North (actor, and voice actor for the leading characters in video games such as Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, Batman: Arkham City, and many more)

Nolan Gould (actor, plays Luke Dunphy on Modern Family)

Christopher Nolan (director/producer/writer of movies such as Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, and The Dark Knight Rises)

Nolan Patrick, professional hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers)

Nolan in song, story & screen

The Nolan Family of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Nolan Ross, character in the TV show "Revenge"
Nolan Cook, male protagonist in The Chance - novel by Karen Kingsbury