Allan
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]