Where does “Ilan” come from?

Ilan is a Hebrew word אִילָן whose original meaning is not established in available etymological sources.

Ancestry of “Ilan”, step by step

Ilan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 宜蘭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese宜蘭—
2Chinese噶瑪蘭Kavalan a Taiwanese aborigine ethnic group
3KavalankebalanKavalan

via Hebrew אִילָן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאִילָןtree, oak tree
Every word from Kavalan kebalan →Every word from Chinese 噶瑪蘭 →Every word from Chinese 宜蘭 →