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Allen - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Allen
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. al-len, all-en ] The boy name Allen is pronounced as AELahN KEY. Allen is mainly used in the English and Scottish languages. It is of Celtic origin. Allen is a variant form of the Breton, English, German, and Scottish name Alan.

Allen is a classic favorite. At present it is still popular as a baby boy name, but not to the degree it was before. At the peak of its usage in 1947, 0.273% of baby boys were given the name Allen. It was #73 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then, and is today used on a modest scale. In 2007, its usage was 0.054% and its ranking #288. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Allen, the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan was the most popular. In 2007, the name was thrice as popular as Allen.

Baby names that sound like Allen include the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan, the English, German, and Scottish Allan, the English, Scottish, and Hebrew Allon, the English and Scottish Alyn, the French Alain, the English and Scottish Alen, the English Allain, the English and Scottish Alleyn, the English and Scottish Allin, the English and Scottish Allyn, the Hebrew Alon, the English, Dutch, and German Alwin, the English and Welsh Alwyn, the English Aylwin, the Spanish Alano, the Spanish Elian, the Scottish Ualan, the Scottish Uilleam, the Irish Uilliam, and the Scottish Uailean.

KEY: Pronunciation for Allen: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


Details of famous persons named Allen:
Basketball Player Allen Iverson, born 7 June 1975, Hampton, Virginia.
Filmmaker Woody Allen, born Allen Stewart Konigsberg 1 December 1935, Brooklyn, New York.
Illustrator Allen Say, born 1937, Yokohama, Japan.
Poet Allen Ginsberg, born 3 June 1926 - 5 April 1997, Newark, New Jersey.

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