Barn; or a variant of Lathan meaning gift
Lathen is a rare surname-turned-given-name. It likely derives from the Old Norse 'hlaða' meaning barn, or may be a modern phonetic variant of the Hebrew name Lathan, which means 'gift'.
Less common today
Lathen isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,818 in 2010.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
