Allan
Translingual
Proper noun
AllanCategory:Translingual lemmas#ALLANCategory:Translingual proper nouns#ALLANCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).
Further reading
Category:mul:Botanical author abbreviations#ALLANEnglish
Alternative forms
Proper noun
AllanCategory:English lemmas#ALLANCategory:English proper nouns#ALLANCategory:English uncountable nouns#ALLANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
- A male given name from the Celtic languagesCategory:English given names#ALLANCategory:English male given names#ALLANCategory:English male given names from Celtic languages#ALLAN, a less common spelling of Alan.
- 1866, William 'Wilkie' Collins, Armadale, Kissinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 288:
- "If I had been a man," she said, "I should so like to have been called Allan!"Category:English terms with quotations#ALLAN
"Call me by my name, if you really like it," he whispered persuasively. "Call me 'Allan', for once - just to try."
- 2020 January 7, Ashley Strickland, “First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin”, in CNN:
- “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.Category:English terms with quotations#ALLAN
- A surname transferred from the given nameCategory:English surnames#ALLANCategory:English surnames from given names#ALLAN derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.
- A town in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No.343, Saskatchewan, CanadaCategory:en:Towns in Saskatchewan, Canada#ALLANCategory:en:Towns in Canada#ALLANCategory:en:Places in Saskatchewan, Canada#ALLANCategory:en:Places in Canada#ALLAN.
- A rural locality in Southern Downs Region, Queensland, AustraliaCategory:en:Villages in Queensland, Australia#ALLANCategory:en:Villages in Australia#ALLANCategory:en:Places in Queensland, Australia#ALLANCategory:en:Places in Australia#ALLAN.
- A commune in Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceCategory:en:Communes of Drôme, France#ALLANCategory:en:Places in Drôme, France#ALLANCategory:en:Places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France#ALLANCategory:en:Places in France#ALLAN.
See also
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Cebuano terms borrowed from English#ALLANCategory:Cebuano terms derived from English#ALLAN Allan, Alan, probably of Old BretonCategory:Cebuano terms derived from Old Breton#ALLAN or IrishCategory:Cebuano terms derived from Irish#ALLAN origin.
Proper noun
AllanCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ALLANCategory:Cebuano proper nouns#ALLANCategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
- a male given name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]Category:Cebuano given names#ALLANCategory:Cebuano male given names#ALLANCategory:Cebuano male given names from English#ALLANCategory:Cebuano male given names from Celtic languages#ALLAN
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Allan.
Danish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Danish terms derived from English#ALLAN Allan in the 19th century.
Proper noun
AllanCategory:Danish lemmas#ALLANCategory:Danish proper nouns#ALLANCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
Usage notes
- Popular in Denmark in the 1960s and the 1970s.
References
Estonian
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Estonian terms borrowed from English#ALLANCategory:Estonian terms derived from English#ALLAN Allan in the 20th century.
Proper noun
AllanCategory:Estonian lemmas#ALLANCategory:Estonian proper nouns#ALLANCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
Faroese
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Faroese terms borrowed from English#ALLANCategory:Faroese terms derived from English#ALLAN Alan, ultimately from BrythonicCategory:Faroese terms derived from Brythonic languages#ALLAN.
Proper noun
Allan mCategory:Faroese lemmas#ALLANCategory:Faroese proper nouns#ALLANCategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Faroese masculine nouns#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
Usage notes
Patronymics
- Allan's son: Allansson
- Allan's daughter: Allansdóttir
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Allan |
| accusative | Allan |
| dative | Allani |
| genitive | Allans |
Finnish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from English#ALLANCategory:Finnish terms derived from English#ALLAN Allan[1] at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlːɑn/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝n]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#ALLANCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#ALLAN
- Rhymes: -ɑlːɑnCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlːɑn#ALLANCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlːɑn/2 syllables#ALLAN
- Syllabification(key): Al‧lan
- Hyphenation(key): Al‧lan
Proper noun
AllanCategory:Finnish lemmas#ALLANCategory:Finnish proper nouns#ALLANCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
- a male given nameCategory:Finnish given names#ALLANCategory:Finnish male given names#ALLAN
- 2006, Allan Mutka, Rippipuku, Tammi, →ISBN, page 96:
- ―Päivää, mä olen Altsu, tai toi Allan on se oikea nimi.Category:Finnish terms with quotations#ALLAN
―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.
- ―Hi, I'm Altsu, or well Allan is my real name.
Declension
| Inflection of Allan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Allan | Allanit | |
| genitive | Allanin | Allanien | |
| partitive | Allania | Allaneja | |
| illative | Allaniin | Allaneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Allan | Allanit | |
| accusative | nom. | Allan | Allanit |
| gen. | Allanin | ||
| genitive | Allanin | Allanien | |
| partitive | Allania | Allaneja | |
| inessive | Allanissa | Allaneissa | |
| elative | Allanista | Allaneista | |
| illative | Allaniin | Allaneihin | |
| adessive | Allanilla | Allaneilla | |
| ablative | Allanilta | Allaneilta | |
| allative | Allanille | Allaneille | |
| essive | Allanina | Allaneina | |
| translative | Allaniksi | Allaneiksi | |
| abessive | Allanitta | Allaneitta | |
| instructive | — | Allanein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
- Allan is the 387th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 811 male individuals (and as a middle name to 9,235 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
Swedish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from English#ALLANCategory:Swedish terms derived from English#ALLAN Allan in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Allan c (genitive Allans)Category:Swedish lemmas#ALLANCategory:Swedish proper nouns#ALLANCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
Usage notes
- Popular in Sweden from the 1910s to the 1930s.
See also
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#ALLANCategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#ALLAN Allan, Alan, probably of Old BretonCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Old Breton#ALLAN or IrishCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Irish#ALLAN origin.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalan/ [ˈʔaː.lɐn̪]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#ALLANCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#ALLAN
- Rhymes: -alanCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/alan#ALLANCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/alan/2 syllables#ALLAN
- Syllabification: A‧llanCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#ALLAN
Proper noun
Allan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜈ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#ALLANCategory:Tagalog proper nouns#ALLANCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#ALLANCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#ALLANCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#ALLANCategory:Pages with entries#ALLANCategory:Pages with 9 entries#ALLAN
- a male given name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]Category:Tagalog given names#ALLANCategory:Tagalog male given names#ALLANCategory:Tagalog male given names from English#ALLANCategory:Tagalog male given names from Celtic languages#ALLAN