Alan

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Alan is a masculine given name of Celtic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.

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Label Occurrences
Alan canonical 191

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
etymologicalOrigin Breton
Old Breton name Alanus
gender masculine
hasCognate Ailean (Scottish Gaelic)
Ailín (Irish)
Alain (French)
Alano (Italian)
Alano (Portuguese)
Alano (Spanish)
hasDiminutive Al
hasFeminineForm Alana
surface form: Alaina

Alana
Alanna
hasNotableBearer Alan Rickman
Alan Shepard
Alan Turing
Alanis Morissette
surface form: Alanis Morissette (related feminine form)
hasOrigin Gaels
surface form: Celtic
hasPopularity widely used in the 20th century in English-speaking countries
hasShortForm Al
hasUsage English-speaking countries
hasVariant Allan
Allen
Alun
historicalUsage introduced to England by the Normans
used in medieval Brittany
nameCategory first name
personal name
nameDay varies by country
nameStatus common in modern times
nameType monosyllabic name
possibleMeaning handsome
harmony
Little Rock, Arkansas
surface form: little rock
semanticField beauty
stone
strength
usedInLanguage Breton
English
French
Irish
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Scottish Gaelic
Spanish
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (191)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alan Mulally givenName Alan
Shorter hasGivenName Alan
subject surface form: Alan Shorter
Alan Turing givenName Alan
Alan Guth givenName Alan
Alan Perlis givenName Alan
Alan Brooke givenName Alan
Alan Kay givenName Alan
Alan Emtage givenName Alan
Al Michaels givenName Alan
Alan Garner givenName Alan
Mulally givenName Alan
subject surface form: Alan Mulally
Alan Rickman givenName Alan
Alan Shorter givenName Alan
Alan Webber givenName Alan
Alan Menken givenName Alan
Al short form of Alan
A. A. Milne givenName Alan
Alan Johnson givenName Alan
Alan Hodgkin givenName Alan
Guth givenName Alan
subject surface form: Alan Guth
Alan S. Boyd givenName Alan
Alan Arkin givenName Alan
Allen variantOf Alan
Sir Alan Haselhurst givenName Alan
subject surface form: Alan Haselhurst
Alan Gilbert givenName Alan
Alan Cranston givenName Alan
Alan Price givenName Alan
Alan Shepard givenName Alan
Alan Trammell givenName Alan
Alan Shearer givenName Alan
Alan Parker givenName Alan
Alan Stern givenName Alan
Alan Cox givenName Alan
Allan relatedName Alan
Allan nameVariantOf Alan
Emtage givenName Alan
subject surface form: Alan Emtage
Bud Yorkin givenName Alan
Alan G. Kirk givenName Alan