Allan

See also: allan and állán

Translingual

Proper noun

Allan

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

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English

Proper noun

Allan

1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Alan.
   • 1866 William 'Wilkie' Collins: Armadale. Kissinger Publishing 2004. ISBN 1417911972 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."

2. A surname​ derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.
3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada

Anagrams

• an all

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Danish

Etymology

From English Allan in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Allan

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• Popular in Denmark in the 1960s and the 1970s.

References

• [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.

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Estonian

Etymology

From English Allan in the 20th century.

Proper noun

Allan

1. A male given name.

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Faroese

Etymology

From English Alan, ultimately from Brythonic.

Proper noun

Allan m

1. A male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Allan: Allansson
• daughter of Allan: Allansdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Allan
Accusative	Allan
Dative	Allani
Genitive	Allans

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Allan at the end of the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑlːɑn]
• Hyphenation: Al‧lan

Proper noun

Allan

1. A male given name.
   • 2006 Allan Mutka, Rippipuku, Tammi, ISBN 951-31-3487-3, 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.

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
instructive		—	Allanein
abessive		Allanitta	Allaneitta
comitative		—	Allaneineen

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Swedish

Etymology

From English Allan in the 19th centruy.

Proper noun

Allan

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• Popular in Sweden from the 1910s to the 1930s.