Allan

1. Abotanicalplant nameauthorabbreviation forbotanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

• Alan,Allen,Alen

Allan

1. A malegiven name from the Celtic languages, a less common spelling ofAlan.
   • 1866, William 'Wilkie' Collins,Armadale, Kissinger Publishing, published2004,→ISBN, page288:

     "If I had been a man," she said, "I should so like to have been calledAllan!"
     "Call me by my name, if you really like it," he whispered persuasively. "Call me 'Allan', for once - just to try."

2. Asurname transferred from the given name derived from the given name, more often spelledAllen.
3. Atown in the Rural Municipality ofBlucher No.343,Saskatchewan,Canada.
4. Arurallocality inSouthern Downs Region,Queensland,Australia.
5. Acommune inDrôme department,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,France.

• Allan Water
• Bridge of Allan
• Strathallan

• an all,nalla

FromEnglishAllan,Alan, probably ofOld Breton orIrish origin.

Allan

1. a malegiven name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:Allan.

FromEnglishAllan in the 19th century.

Allan

1. a malegiven name

• Popular in Denmark in the 1960s and the 1970s.

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 452 males with the given name Allan have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

FromEnglishAllan in the 20th century.

Allan

1. a malegiven name

FromEnglishAlan, ultimately fromBrythonic.

Allan m

1. a malegiven name

Patronymics

• son of Allan:Allansson
• daughter of Allan:Allansdóttir

FromEnglishAllan at the end of the 19th century.

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑlːɑn/,[ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝n]
• Rhymes:-ɑlːɑn
• Hyphenation^(key):Al‧lan

Allan

1. a malegiven name
   • 2006, Allan Mutka,Rippipuku, Tammi,→ISBN, page96:

     ―Päivää, mä olen Altsu, tai toiAllan on se oikea nimi.
     ―Sehän on mukava miehen nimi, vähän harvinaisempikin, rouva säteili.
     Meinasin sanoa että joo, mustalaismannet suosivat, mutta jätin kuitenkin sanomatta.

     ―Hi, I'm Altsu, or wellAllan is my real name.
     ―That's a nice male name, a bit less common one too, the woman joyfully said.
     I was going to say that yeah, the Gypsies like it, but I decided not to.

• Allan is the 370^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 848 male individuals (and as a middle name to 9,434 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according toFebruary 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

FromEnglishAllan in the 19th century.

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Allan c (genitiveAllans)

1. a malegiven name

• Popular in Sweden from the 1910s to the 1930s.

• spela allan

Borrowed fromEnglishAllan,Alan, probably ofOld Breton orIrish origin.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈʔalan/[ˈʔaː.lɐn̪]
• Rhymes:-alan
• Syllabification:A‧llan

Allan (Baybayin spellingᜀᜎᜈ᜔)

1. a malegiven name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]

• lalan