Alan (given name)

Alan (Latin also Alanus ) is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning

The origin of the name is disputed, he is possibly Celtic / Breton origin meaning " little rock ", "handsome, handsome " or "warrior" in Breton; another theory, the name means "from the people of the Alans ".

The name is often the case in France, England, the USA and Canada, but also in Eastern Europe.

Name-day

  • September 8
  • October 14

Variants

  • Alain - French
  • Alanus - Latin
  • Allan, Allen - English
  • Ailin
  • Alen - Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Dutch
  • Alán - Hungarian
  • Alano - Italian, Spanish
  • Alun - Welsh
  • Alena, Alanis - the female versions

Bearers of the name

Alan

  • Alan Alda ( b. 1936 ), American actor, screenwriter and director
  • Alan Bennett ( born 1934 ), British writer, playwright and actor
  • Alan Bergman ( born 1925 ), American lyricist and composer
  • Alan Osório da Costa Silva ( born 1979 ), also called Alan, Brazilian footballer
  • Alan Dawa Dolma (* 1987), Tibetan singer active in Japan
  • Alan Douglas Borges de Carvalho ( * 1989), named Alan, Brazilian footballer
  • Alan Dzagoev (* 1990), Russian football player
  • Alan Lancaster ( born 1949 ), British singer and musician ( Status Quo )
  • Alan McDonald (1963-2012), Northern Irish football player and coach
  • Alan Page ( born 1945 ), U.S. American football player and lawyer
  • Alan Parsons ( born 1948 ), British musician and producer and co-founder of The Alan Parsons Project
  • Alan Parsons (badminton ) (* ~ 1940), South African badminton players
  • Alan Rickman ( born 1946 ), British actor
  • Alan Stivell ( born 1944 ), Breton musician and singer
  • Alan Stulin (* 1990), German - Polish footballer
  • Alan Turing (1912-1954), British logician, mathematician and cryptanalyst

Alanus

  • Alanus (Auxerre ), Bishop of Auxerre beatified, † 1185/86
  • Alanus ( Carmelites ), Prior General of the Carmelite beatified, † 1245 in Cologne
  • Alanus ( Lavaur ), Saint, founding abbot of Lavaur, 7th century
  • Alanus ( Sassovivo ), blessed spoken Benedictine, † 1313
  • Alanus from Insulis (around 1120-1202 ), scholastic philosopher of the 13th century
  • Alanus de la Roche, a Dominican priest, teacher of theology, founder of the Rosary Confraternity, beatified († 1475 )
  • Alanus de Rupe ( Alain de la Roche or Alanus van der clip; 1428-1475 ), Dominican

As a family

  • Ali Riza Alan ( born 1947 ), Turkish wrestler
  • Anthony Alan -Williams ( born 1947 ), British canoeist
  • Devon Alan ( * 1991), American actor
  • İbrahim Alan ( * 1994), the Turkish football player
  • Ray Alan (1930-2010), English entertainer and ventriloquist

As a designation

  • Alan, Italian bike manufacturer
Alen (given name) Alanis (disambiguation) Alan Phillip Gross Alan McDonald (association football) Alan Parsons (Badminton) Alain (bishop of Auxerre)
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