as a Last Name
- 1,353
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Palen
Meaning & Origins
Variant of North German Pahlen, a topographic name from Middle Low German pāl ‘post’, ‘stake’, ‘boundary marker’.
| 18,178th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,353
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Palen per capita
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