Name
ALAN

Name ALAN

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 700,761 births of Alan in the countries below, which represents an average of 5,041 births of children bearing the first name Alan per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 11,190 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Alan   
In Italiano Nome Alan   
Available variants : Alán , Alàn , Álan
Variations : Allan , Állan , Allen


Information about the first name Alan

We celebrate Alan on December 1st
The first name Alan is listed in our categories :The first name Alan has been assigned to:
99.73% to boys
0.27% to girls
The country where the first name Alan is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Alan

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Alan : Alna, Anal, Laan, Lana, La'na, Nala

Anacyclics of the first name Alan

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Alan: Nala

Alan in Japanese *

Romajiaran
Katakanaアラン
Hiraganaあらん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Alan in Japanese
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Alan in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Alan

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Old Breton Alan, name of early Breton saints, of disputed origin and meaning; brought to England by Normans. It may have been the name of a Celtic deity, the brother of Bran, Welsh Alawn, Celtic Alun, ‘harmony’. As an early Irish name, perhaps connected with ail (“noble”). Compare French Alain.
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Alan (plural Alans)
  • A male given name from the Celtic languages.
  • 1910 P. G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs, and Other Stories, BiblioBazaar, LLC 2008, →ISBN, page 24:
  • I could pose as an artist all right; so I took the studio. Also the name of Alan Beverley. My own is Bill Bates. I had often wondered what it would feel like to be called by some name like Alan Beverley or Cyril Trevelyan.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • Alan (plural Alans or Alani)
  • (historical) A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.
Anagrams src :
  • Anal, Lana, Nala, anal, anal., lana, nala
Noun src :
  • alan (plural alans)
  • Alternative form of alaunt
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈæl.ən/
  • Rhymes: -ælən
General
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Alānī, from Ancient Greek Ἀλανοί (Alanoí).
Slovak
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɫan/
Proper noun src :
  • Alan m (genitive Alana, nominative plural Alanovia) declension pattern chlap
  • A male given name, equivalent to English Alan.
Old English
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lɑn/
Verb src :
  • alan
  • to nourish
  • to grow, produce
  • to appear
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English Alan.
Pronunciation src :
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.lɐ̃/, /a.ˈlɐ̃/
Proper noun src :
  • Alan m
  • A male given name from English, equivalent to English Alan.
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
Turkish
Etymology src :
  • From Ottoman Turkish آلاڭ‎ (alañ, “glade, plain ground”).
Etymology src :
  • From Ottoman Turkish آلان‎ (alan), equivalent to almak (“to take, to receive”) +‎ -an.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • alan (definite accusative alanı, plural alanlar)
  • area, square as for place.
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • alan (comparative daha alan, superlative en alan)
  • recipient, susceptive
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • alan (definite accusative alanı, plural alanlar)
  • The person who takes something.
Anagrams src :
  • nala
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɑ.ɫɑn/
Proper noun src :
  • Alan
  • A male given name
FI Finnish
Anagrams src :
Noun src :
  • alan
  • Genitive singular form of ala.
Verb src :
  • alan
  • First-person singular indicative present form of alkaa.
CZ Czech
Noun src :
  • alan m
  • alane, aluminium hydride (AlH3)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈalan]
Proper noun src :
  • Alan m
  • A male given name, equivalent to English Alan.
 

Popularity of the name Alan

Number of ALAN births per year

Popularity of the name Alan
Popularity of the name Alan

Total births of Alan by country

Births with the first name Alan
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2019
349,303
54
BRBrazil
1930 - 2010
205,611
1,800
PLPoland
2000 - 2019
41,046
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2019
20,307
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2019
19,522
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2019
15,055
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2018
12,431
0
AUAustralia
1944 - 2019
10,445
1
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
5,428
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2019
4,883
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2019
4,292
0
CHSwitzerland
1912 - 2019
2,288
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2018
1,684
3
ESSpain
2002 - 2019
1,253
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
1,235
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2019
982
0
NONorway
1945 - 2019
791
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2019
515
0
SESweden
1998 - 2019
457
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2019
390
3
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2019
304
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2018
242
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2019
234
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2018
171
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2019
31
0
Popularity of the name Alan

Total births of Alan by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Alan
Country
Boys
Girls
BRBrazil
2010
5,773
70
USUnited State of America
2019
2,123
0
PLPoland
2019
2,006
0
ESSpain
2019
376
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2019
152
0
FRFrance
2019
134
0
ARArgentina
2015
113
0
ITItaly
2018
101
0
IEIreland
2019
47
0
NLNetherlands
2019
47
0
DEGermany
2018
39
0
SESweden
2019
30
0
ONOntario
2018
28
0
BEBelgium
2019
26
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
25
0
CHSwitzerland
2019
22
0
DKDenmark
2019
18
0
BCBritish Columbia
2019
14
0
NONorway
2019
14
0
ATAustria
2018
13
0
ABAlberta
2019
12
0
QCQuebec
2019
7
0

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Personalities with the first name Alan

There are 535 personalities with the first name Alan

Alan Turing (Alan Mathison Turing) src

United kingdom
Computer scientist Cryptographer

Alan Rickman (Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman) src

United kingdom
Screenwriter Actor Writer Graphic designer Character actor Stage actor Voice actor Film director Film producer Theater director Television actor Film actor

Alan García (Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez) src

Peru
Writer Lawyer Politician

Mark Ruffalo (Mark Alan Ruffalo) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer Stage actor Film director Film producer Television actor Film actor

Alan Shearer src

United kingdom
Association football manager Association football player Sports commentator

Alan Dzagoïev src

Russia
Association football player

Alan Arkin (Alan Wolf Arkin) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer Singer Musician Character actor Television director Stage actor Film director Film producer Theater director Children's writer Television actor Film actor Science fiction writer

Alan Shepard src

United states of america
Astronaut Entrepreneur Military officer Aircraft pilot

Alan Moore src

United kingdom
Novelist Comics writer Science fiction writer

Alan Greenspan src

United states of america
Politician Entrepreneur Economist Banker Jazz musician


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Alan
Full list of personalities with the first name Alan

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Alan

There are 3399 actors and actresses with the first name Alan
Alan Pontes
Alan Aisenberg
Alan Mcmahon
Alan Shaw
Alan Holasek
Alan Chávez
Alan Charlston
Alan Weissabel
Alan Aubert
Alan Abulencia
Alan Donohoe
Alan Andersz
Alan Kemper Armani
Alan Mcnamara
Alan Magor
Alan Kendall
Alan Wong
Alan Capier
Alan Wyn Hughes
Alan Boyle
Alan Ritchson
Alan Belcher
Alan Finitsis
Alan Aguilera
Alan Simpson
Alan Naida
Alan J. Van Dyke
Alan Caum
Alan Wai
Alan Warfield

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Alan
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Alan

Rankings of first name ALAN by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#32PL Poland2019
#53BR Brazil2010
#90ES Spain2019
#131IE Ireland2019
#134AR Argentina2015
#135CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#183US United State of America2019
#190IT Italy2018
#233DE Germany2018
#244DK Denmark2019
#295NO Norway2019
#299BC British Columbia2019
#311SE Sweden2019
#313GB United Kingdom2019
#326CH Switzerland2019
#345NL Netherlands2019
#376AB Alberta2019
#397ON Ontario2018
#401AT Austria2018
#417FR France2019
#422BE Belgium2019
#584QC Quebec2019
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#1418BR Brazil2010
Other boys' names around Alan
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Other girls' names around Alan
ALAMAKOALAMANNOALAMARALAMATAALAMEAALAMEENALAMELUALAMIRALAMISALAMPREET ALAN ALANAALANAAHALANAGHALANAHALANAHAALANAJEANALANANALANARAEALANCAALANCIA

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