Kahlan
Meaning of Kahlan
Kahlan (IPA: /kɑlæn/ in British English; /ˈkɑlən/ in American English) is a feminine forename of indeterminate etymology, most prominently attested in late twentieth-century Anglo-American literary discourse. Its phonological composition—an initial voiceless velar plosive followed by a low back vowel and a lateral approximant, capped by a low front vowel or central schwa—yields a concise two-syllable structure that aligns with contemporary patterns of onomastic preference. Although conventional proto-language reconstructions in Semitic, Celtic and Germanic corpora do not supply a direct antecedent for Kahlan, critical analysis locates its primary cultural referent in Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series, wherein the name is systematically linked to narrative themes of governance, ethical rigor and psychological resilience. Demographically, Kahlan has appeared intermittently within the United States Social Security Administration’s annual top-1,000 female name listings since 1997—peaking near rank 805 in 2011 before stabilizing in the 920–930 range in recent years—thereby evidencing a sustained, if modest, presence within modern Anglo-American naming conventions.
Pronunciation
British English
- Pronunced as KAH-lan (/kɑlæn/)
American English
- Pronunced as KAH-luhn (/ˈkɑlən/)
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