Allan

Allan

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

Allan

1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Alan.
   • 1866, William 'Wilkie' Collins: Armadale. Kissinger Publishing 2004. →ISBN page 288:

     "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."

2. A surname​ derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.
3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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From English Allan, Alan, probably of Old Breton or Irish origin.

Allan

1. a male given name

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Allan.

From English Allan in the 19th century.

Allan

1. A male given name.

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

• 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.

From English Allan in the 20th century.

Allan

1. A male given name.

From English Alan, ultimately from Brythonic.

Allan m

1. A male given name

Patronymics

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

From English Allan at the end of the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑlːɑn]
• Hyphenation: Al‧lan

Allan

1. A male given name.
   • 2006 Allan Mutka, Rippipuku, Tammi, →ISBN, page 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.

From English Allan in the 19th centruy.

Allan c (genitive Allans)

1. A male given name.

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