Meaning & Origin
A surname.
Gatlin is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, a transferred surname possibly derived from a place name or from the obsolete English word for a light spear or arrow. It carries a sharp, outdoorsy Western energy.
Gatlin Brothers, the country music group active from the 1970s through the 1990s, brought the name into Southern American consciousness. As a first name, Gatlin has grown alongside names like Colton, Dalton, and Easton in the modern tradition of rugged, Western-flavored surname names.