Pullen is an uncommon English surname with a purported Norman origin. "Pullen" is likely an occupational name, arising from the Old French poulain. There are several variants of "Pullen", including Pullin, Pullins, Pulleyn, Pullan and Pullein, the latter being the earliest recorded version (1166).
Apart from the English surname "Pullen", there is a very common surname "Pullan" in India.
The "Pullen" surname is shared by these notable people:
Andrew John Pullan (1963–2012), New Zealand mathematicianCecil Pullan (1910-1970), Indian-born English cricket playerCyril Pullin (1893-1973), English inventor, engineer and motorcycle race driverDeborah Pullen (1963-2010), New Zealand female international football (soccer) playerDon Pullen (1941-1995), American jazz musicianErica Pullins (b. 1983), American musicianFrank Pullen (1915-1992), English businessperson and racehorse ownerHartley Pullan (1899–1968), World War I flying aceHenry Pulleine (bef. 1850-1879), British Army administrator during the Anglo-Zulu War with an acting rank of Brevet Lieutenant ColonelJacob Pullen (b. 1989), American basketball playerJames Henry Pullen (1835-1916), aka "Genius of Earlswood Asylum", British autistic savantJohn Pullin (b. 1941), English rugby union player (retired)Jorge Pullin (b. 1963), Argentine-American physics academicJosiah Pullen (1631–1714), English vicarKent Pullen (1942-2003), American politicianLloyd T. Pullen (1825-1908), American politicianMatilda Marian Pullan (1819–1862), British authorMelanie Pullen (b. 1975), American photographerMelanie Clark Pullen (b. 1977), Irish actress, producer and writerPenny Pullen, American politicianPeter Pullan (1857-1901), English cricket playerRichard Popplewell Pullan (1825-1888), English architect and archæologistRobert Pullen (died c.1150), English theologian and official of the Roman Catholic ChurchSidney Pullen (1895-1950s), English football (soccer) playerTessa Pullan (b. 1954), sculptor, equestrian artistTobias Pullen (1648–1713), Irish bishopWilliam Pullen (1813–1887), Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer