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Origin and Meaning
Old French form of Alan [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
See Alan
Further Information
Alain is a name used among immigrants from French-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 16 people were named Alain (percentage of first or only given name: 25 %) [6]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[7] |
|
184 |
385 |
0 |
4 |
184 |
381 |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
414 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
414 |
Denmark[9] |
|
70 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
70 |
n.a. |
Iceland[10] |
|
2 |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[11] |
|
75 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
75 |
n.a. |
Greenland[12] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Alain.
References
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/