Sloane (given name)
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.
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. 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.Women
- Sloane Blakely, American gymnast
- Sloane Crosley, American writer
- Sloane Frost, American libertarian
- Sloane Leong, American cartoonist, artist and writer
- Sloan MacKenzie, Canadian canoeist
- Sloan Siegrist, American-Guamanian athlete
- Sloan Simpson, American fashion consultant, television and radio personality, fashion model, and actress
- Sloane Stephens, American professional tennis player
- Sloane U'Ren, British-American art director
- Sloan Wainwright, American musician
Men
- Sloane Citron, American publisher
- Sloan Doak, American horse rider
- Sloan DuRoss, American rower
- Sloane Farrington, Bahamian competitive sailor and Olympic medalist
- Sloane Gordon, American political writer
- Sloan D. Gibson, American politician
- Sloan Nibley, American screenwriter
- Sloan Privat, French professional footballer
- Sloan Struble, American singer, songwriter, and producer
- Sloan Thomas, American football player
- Sloan Wilson, American writer
Fictional characters
- Sloan McQuewick, a character in Entourage
- Sloane Peterson, a character in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Sloan Riley, a character in the television series Grey's Anatomy
- Sloan Sabbith, a character on the American television series The Newsroom
- Sloan Cameron, a character from the video game Overwatch 2
- Slone, a character from the video game ''Titanfall 2''