Allan
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Translingual[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Allan
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).
Further reading[edit]
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Allan
- A male given name from the Celtic languages, 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!"
"Call me by my name, if you really like it," he whispered persuasively. "Call me 'Allan', for once - just to try."
- A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.
- A town in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No.343, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A rural locality in Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A commune in Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Allan, Alan, probably of Old Breton or Irish origin.
Proper noun[edit]
Allan
- a male given name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Allan.
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Allan in the 19th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Allan
- a male given name
Usage notes[edit]
- Popular in Denmark in the 1960s and the 1970s.
References[edit]
- [1] 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Allan in the 20th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Allan
- a male given name
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Alan, ultimately from Brythonic.
Proper noun[edit]
Allan m
- a male given name
Usage notes[edit]
Patronymics
- son of Allan: Allansson
- daughter of Allan: Allansdóttir
Declension[edit]
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Allan |
Accusative | Allan |
Dative | Allani |
Genitive | Allans |
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Allan at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Allan
- 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.- ―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[edit]
Inflection of Allan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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[edit]
- Allan is the 370th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 848 male individuals (and as a middle name to 9,434 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Allan in the 19th century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Allan c (genitive Allans)
- a male given name
Usage notes[edit]
- Popular in Sweden from the 1910s to the 1930s.
See also[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Allan, Alan, probably of Old Breton or Irish origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalan/ [ˈʔa.lɐn]
- Rhymes: -alan
- Syllabification: A‧llan
Proper noun[edit]
Allan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜈ᜔)
- a male given name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]
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- mul:Botanical author abbreviations
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- en:Towns in Saskatchewan
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Places in Saskatchewan
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- en:Places in Australia
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/alan
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