Alan

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

A Breton name of uncertain meaning, two theories:

1) Breton alan = 'little rock'
2) Breton alan = 'handsome'

Related Names

Alan	♂
Alla	♂
Allan	♂
Állan	♂
Allani	♂
Allu	♂

For female forms see Alana

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[1]		15	24	1035	1522
Denmark[2]		0	n.a.	837	n.a
Norway[3]		4	6	309	542
Finland[4]		n.a.	2	n.a	536
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[1][2][3][4]:

Sources: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi