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 [ 2 syll. a-lai(n), al-a-in ] The boy name Alain is pronounced as ahLEYN KEY. Alain is used chiefly in French and its origin is Celtic. Alain is a variant of the name Alan (Breton, English, German, and Scottish). Alain is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly related to Alain, Alan (Breton, English, German, and Scottish) was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Alain include Allain (English and French), Alan (Breton, English, German, and Scottish), Alann (English and Scottish), Aleem (Arabic), Alein, Alen (English and Scottish), Alim (Arabic), Allan (English, German, and Scottish), Allen (English and Scottish), Alleyn (English and Scottish), Allin (English and Scottish), Allon (English, Scottish, and Hebrew), Allyn (English and Scottish), Almon, Aloin (French), Alon (Hebrew), Alwin (English, German, Portuguese, and Dutch), Alwyn (English and Welsh), Alyn (English and Scottish), and Aylwin (English). A famous person named Alain is Author Alain Robbe-Grillet, born 18 August 1922, Brest, France. KEY: English pronunciation for Alain: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
