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Allan
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allan állán
Translingual
Proper noun
A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).
Further reading
Author query of the International Plant Names Index
mul Botanical author abbreviations
English
Alternative forms
en Alan Allen Alen
Proper noun
en male Celtic languages, a less common spelling of Alan.
en 1866 William 'Wilkie' Collins Armadale 288 Kissinger Publishing 2004 1417911972 "If I had been a man," she said, "I should so like to have been called Allan!""Call me by my name, if you really like it," he whispered persuasively. "Call me 'Allan', for once - just to try."
en Ashley Strickland First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/world/vera-rubin-observatory-scn-trnd 2020-01-07 “We are pleased that LSST has now been named the Vera C. Rubin Observatory,” said Rubin’s sons Allan Rubin, David Rubin, and Karl Rubin in a statement. https://web.archive.org/web/20251224033945/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/world/vera-rubin-observatory-scn-trnd 24 December 2025
en given names derived from the given name, more often spelled en Allen.
en A <<town>> in the <<rurmun/Blucher>> No.343, <<p/Saskatchewan>>, <<c/Canada>>.
en rural locality in r:Suf/Southern Downs s/Queensland c/Australia.
en commune in dept/Drôme r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France.
See also
en Allan Water
en Bridge of Allan
en Strathallan
Anagrams
en aalln an all nalla
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Allan, ceb Alan, probably of ceb obt - or ceb ga - origin.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male English < Celtic languages
ceb
Danish
Etymology
From da en Allan in the 19th century.
Proper noun
da male
Usage notes
Popular in Denmark in the 1960s and the 1970s.
References
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.
Estonian
Etymology
From et en Allan in the 20th century.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male
Faroese
Etymology
From fo en Alan, ultimately from fo cel-bry -.
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Allansson Allansdóttir
Declension
Allan Allan Allani Allans
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Allan at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
fi 2006 Allan Mutka Rippipuku Tammi 951-31-3487-3 96 ―Päivää, mä olen Altsu, tai toi Allan 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 well Allan 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.
Declension
Allan a 0
Statistics
dvv_20250813 811 9235 387
References
Swedish
Etymology
From sv en Allan in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Allan.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male
Usage notes
Popular in Sweden from the 1910s to the 1930s.
See also
sv spela allan
Tagalog
Etymology
tl en Allan, tl Alan, probably of tl obt - or tl ga - origin.
Pronunciation
Alan
Proper noun
alan
tl male English < Celtic languages
Anagrams
tl aalln lalan