Alan is a masculine given name in the English and Breton languages. Its surname form is Aland .
26-1031: [REDACTED] Look up allan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Allan may refer to: People [ edit ] Allan (given name) , a list of people and characters with this given name Allan (surname) , a list of people and characters with this surname This section lists people commonly referred to solely by this name. Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker Allan (footballer, born 1989) (Allan dos Santos Natividade), Brazilian football forward Allan (footballer, born 1991) (Allan Marques Loureiro), Brazilian football midfielder Allan (footballer, born 1994) (Allan Christian de Almeida), Brazilian football midfielder Allan (footballer, born 1997) (Allan Rodrigues de Souza), Brazilian football midfielder Places [ edit ] Allan, Queensland , Australia Allan, Saskatchewan , Canada Allan Water (Ontario) ,
52-459: A Brittonic root *alan- or *elan (also attested in Celtiberian in personal names such as Elanus , Elaesus , and Ela ), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *(H 1 )el-Hn- "deer, hind" (perhaps denoting an animal - generally cervids - with red or brown fur). Another explanation of the name is that the modern English Alan , and French Alain , are derived from the name of
78-617: A 1966 film directed by Donald Shebib "Allan" (song) , a 1988 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer Allan (magazine) , Japanese magazine Allan of Rotterdam , a former train and tram manufacturer in the Netherlands Allan valve gear See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Allan All pages with titles containing Allan Alan (disambiguation) Alan (given name) Alleine Allen (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
104-501: A retired cricketer Allan K. (born 1958), Filipino actor, comedian, and TV host Allan Kerpan (born 1954), Canadian politician Allan Kimbaloula (born 1992), Congolese international footballer Allan Kozinn (born 1954), American music critic Allan Kwartler (1917–1998), American sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion Allan A. Lamport (1903–1999), mayor of Toronto, Canada Allan Lane (1909–1973), American film star of cowboy B-movies in
130-801: A river Allan, the Allaine river's lower course, in France Allan, Drôme , town in France Allan, Iran (disambiguation) , places in Iran Bridge of Allan , Central Scotland, a town on Allan Water Allan Water , a river in Central Scotland Allan Water, Scottish Borders, a tributary of the River Teviot Other uses [ edit ] Allan, a Clan Grant split (or sept) Ahlawat or Allan, an ethnic clan in India Allan ,
156-640: Is a pet form of some other name beginning with the first element Ail- . Forms of the Gaelic name appear in early British records; the Latin form Ailenus was recorded by Adomnán (died 704). Another similar-looking word in Irish is álainn and Scottish Gaelic àlainn , which means "beautiful". There are numerous variations of the name in English. The variants Allan and Allen are generally considered to be derived from
182-760: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Allan (given name) Allan , a variant spelling of Alan , is both a given name and an English and Scottish surname. People with the given name [ edit ] A–F [ edit ] Allan (footballer, born 1991) , Brazilian footballer Allan (footballer, born 1997) , Brazilian footballer Allan Abbass (born 1962), professor and psychiatrist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada Allan Ackerman , American magician who specializes in sleight of hand magic with playing cards Allan Adair (1897–1988), senior officer of
208-443: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alan (given name) Alan is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is believed by scholars to have been brought to England by people from Brittany , in the 11th century; later the name spread north into Scotland and west into Ireland . In Ireland and Scotland there are Gaelic forms of the name which may, or may not, be etymologically related to
234-599: Is evidence of the continued influence of the Alans on the Gaulish, Breton and Frankish peoples. The Breton name Alan can not be a direct loan from the ethnic name of the Alans (rendered as Alānī or Halānī in Latin, from Scytho-Sarmatian *Al[l]ān- , derived from Old Iranian *aryāna , "noble people") because the long vowel in the second syllable would produce Old Breton -o- , Middle Breton -eu- and Modern Breton -e- and not
260-495: Is generally used as a variant form of the English name. An earlier bearer of this name is Alun of Dyfed , a character in the Mabinogion . The name became popular in modern times when it was adopted as a bardic name by John Blackwell , a 19th-century Welsh poet. The short form of Alan is Al . / æ l / This name is a short form of numerous other etymologically unrelated names that begin with this syllable . Note also
286-588: The Alans . The Alans were an Iranian people who lived north of the Caucasus Mountains in what is today Russia , and who were known to Classical writers in the 1st century BC. According to historian Bernard Bachrach , the Alans settled in parts of what is today France, including Brittany, in the Early Middle Ages . Bachrach stated that the use of forms of the name in given names, surnames, and place names,
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#1732837156071312-542: The Battle of Hastings in 1066. Later many Bretons were granted lands throughout William's freshly conquered kingdom . The most notable Breton Alan, Earl of Richmond, a cadet of the ducal house of Brittany, who was awarded with a large swath of lands in England - specifically lands in what is today Lincolnshire and East Anglia . The Breton character in many English counties can be traced through Breton personal names still in use in
338-711: The 12th centuries. The name ranked 8th in popularity in Lincolnshire in the 12th century, where it was about even with Simon and more numerous than Henry . Early occurrences of the name in British records include: Alanus in 1066 (in the Domesday Book ); and Alain in 1183. The name became popular in Scotland in part through the Stewarts . This family descends from Alan fitz Flaad , an Anglo-Breton knight, who possessed lands in what
364-2209: The 1940s and 1950s Allan MacMaster (born 1974), Canadian politician Allan B. Magruder (1775–1822), United States Senator from Louisiana Allan McCollum (born 1944), American artist Allan McKinnon (1917–1990), Canadian politician Allan Neil McMillan (born 1951), Canadian politician Allan Morris (born 1940), Australian politician Allan A. Moss (1854–1929), mayor of Newport News, Virginia, United States Allan Alfred Nunweiler (born 1930), Canadian politician, also known as Alf Nunweiler Allan Nyom (born 1988), Cameroonian professional footballer Allan Arenfeldt Olesen (born 1982), Danish professional football player Allan Pickard (1895–1975), Canadian ice hockey administrator Allan Ray (born 1984), American professional basketball player Allan Rowe (1956–2015), Canadian politician Allan Rumbolt , Canadian politician Allan A. Ryan Jr. (1903–1981), American financier and politician from New York Allan A. Schoenherr (1937–2021), Californian author, ecologist, and naturalist Allan Sherman (1924–1973), American comedy writer and singer Allan Morley Spaar (1876–1960), Sri Lankan public servant and politician, served as second Mayor of Kandy Allan "Whitey" Snyder (1914–1994), American Hollywood make-up artist Allan Starski (born 1943), Polish Academy Award-winning production designer and set decorator Allan Leonard Frederick Stevens (1919–2011), Canadian politician Allan Sutter (1914–1988), American Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient Allan A. Swenson (1933–2023), author, literary agent, and master gardener Allan B. Swift (1935–2018), Emmy award-winning broadcaster and American politician Lord Allan Jay Velasco (born 1977), Filipino politician Allan Wallenius (1890–1942), Swedish leftist figure and journalist Allan B. Walsh (1874–1953), American politician from New Jersey Allan Williams (politician) (1922–2011), Canadian politician Allan Arthur Willman (1909–1989), American classical pianist, composer, music pedagog Allan Zebie (born 1993), Canadian soccer player Fictional characters [ edit ] Allan (Barbie) , one of
390-1128: The British Army who served in both World Wars Allan Adler (1916–2002), American silversmith Allan Agar (born 1949), English rugby league footballer and coach Allan Ahlberg (born 1938), British children's book writer with his wife Janet Ahlberg as illustrator Allan Alaalatoa (born 1994), Australian rugby union player Allan Alaküla (born 1968), Estonian journalist Allan Albert (1945–1994), American director, producer, and playwright Allan Alcorn (born 1948), American pioneering engineer and computer scientist Allan Alemán (born 1983), Costa Rican professional football player Allan Amato (born 1974), American portrait photographer and film director Allan Amin , Indian action film director Allan Anderson (disambiguation) Allan Andrews (disambiguation) Allan Antliff , anarchist activist, art critic, and author Allan Arbus (1918–2013), American actor and photographer Allan Arkush (born 1948), American film and television director Allan Armitage (born 1946), professor of horticulture at
416-518: The Cornish hypocoristic form Talan . There are numerous feminine forms of Alan . The form Alana is a feminisation of the name. Variants of Alana include: Alanah , Alanna , Alannah , Allana , and Ilana . Another feminine form is Alaina , derived from the French Alain ; a variant of this feminine name is Alayna . A variant form of Alaina is Alaine , although it can also be a variant form of
442-1565: The University of California v. Bakke Allan Baldwin (1924–2008), Australian rules footballer Allan Ball (1943–2018), English footballer Allan Junior Blaze (born 1994), Guadeloupean footballer Allan Boesak (born 1946), South African cleric, politician, and anti-apartheid activist Allan B. Calhamer (1931–2013), American mail carrier who invented the board game Diplomacy Allan Campbell (disambiguation) Allan Anthony Costly (born 1954), Honduran footballer Allan Leslie Cox (1927–1996), Canadian politician Allan A. Davidson (fl. 1840–1899), lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada Allan de San Miguel (born 1988), Australian professional baseball player Allan Dokossi (born 1999), Central African basketball player Allan Donald (born 1966), South African cricketer Allan Dwan (1885–1981), Canadian-American film director Allan Mackay Findlay , British geographer G–Z [ edit ] Allan George (born 1999), American football player Allan A. Goldstein (born 1949), American film director and screenwriter Allan Holdsworth (1946–2017), English guitarist and composer Allan Houston (born 1971), American basketball player Allan B. Hubbard (born 1947), American economic advisor to George W. Bush Allan Jay (1931–2023), British world champion épée & foil fencer Allan Jones (cricketer) (born 1947), English cricket umpire and
468-540: The University of Georgia, United States Allan Ashbolt (1921–2005), Australian journalist and television broadcaster Allan Asher (born 1951), Australian lawyer, consumer advocate, and campaigner Allan Ayala (born 1986), track and field athlete from Guatemala Allan Aynesworth (1864–1959), stage name of British actor Edward Abbot-Anderson Allan Baillie (born 1943), Australian writer Allan Baker , notorious Australian rapist and murderer Allan Bakke (born 1940), in U.S. Supreme Court decision Regents of
494-399: The attested spelling with an -a- . In Ireland and Gaelic-speaking Scotland, Alan may also be an Anglicisation of an Irish word (with diminutive suffix) meaning " rock ". For example, the modern Irish ailín means "little rock". Similarly, according to Patrick Woulfe, the Irish name Ailín is derived from diminutive ail , which means "noble", "rock". Woulfe stated that this name
520-1367: The characters/dolls from the Mattel brand Barbie Allan (mascot) , a former mascot of the Baltimore Ravens football team Allan Christie, a character in Diana Gabaldon 's Outlander book series and its TV adaptation Allan Thompson (comics) , a character from The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé Allan-a-Dale , a variant spelling of Alan-a-Dale, a figure in the Robin Hood legend See also [ edit ] Alan (given name) List of people with given name Alan Allen (given name) Alan (surname) Allan (surname) Allen (surname) All pages with titles beginning with Allan All pages with titles containing Allan Allan (disambiguation) Allan (name) Allan (surname) References [ edit ] ^ Hanks, Patrick ; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names . Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press . p. 50. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 . OCLC 67869278 . Retrieved 21 November 2024 . [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
546-575: The etymologically unrelated Elaine . The name was brought to England by Bretons who took part in the Norman Invasion in the mid-11th century. Forms of the name were in use much earlier in what is today Brittany , France . An early figure who bore the name was St Alan, a 5th-century bishop of Quimper . This saint became a cult figure in the Brittany during the Middle Ages . Another early bearer of
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#1732837156071572-469: The name introduced by the Bretons. In Breton , alan is a colloquial term for a fox and may originally have meant "deer", making it cognate with Old Welsh alan (cf. Canu Aneirin , B2.28, line 1125: "gnaut i-lluru alan buan bithei" , "it was usual for him to be fleet like a deer " ), Modern Welsh elain (plural alanedd ) "young deer" (and the plant name alan "coltsfoot, elecampane"), coming from
598-540: The name was St Alan, a 6th-century Cornish saint, who has a church dedicated to his memory in Cornwall (for example see St Allen , a civil parish in Cornwall named after this saint). Today the use of the given name (and its variants) is due to its popularity among the Bretons who imported the name to England, to Cornwall, and later to Ireland . The Bretons formed a significant part of William, Duke of Normandy 's army at
624-437: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan_(given_name)&oldid=1259515294 " Categories : Given names Scottish masculine given names English masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
650-509: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Allan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan&oldid=1249965806 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Estonian masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Short description
676-559: The surnames Allan and Allen . The form Allan is used mainly in Scotland and North America . In England, the given names Allan and Allen are less popular than Alan . However, in America all three are generally about the same in popularity. Alun is an old masculine given name in the Welsh language ; although it is not directly related to Alan (it is derived from Proto-Celtic *alouno- meaning either "nourishing" or "wandering" ), today it
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