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Alleyn - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Alleyn
 
 

 



[ syll. al-ley(n), all-e-yn ] The boy name Alleyn is pronounced AE-L-EYN KEY. Alleyn is of Celtic origin, and it is used mainly in English and Scottish. Alleyn is a variant of Alan (Breton, English, German, and Scottish).

Alleyn is not popular as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. Within the group of boy names directly related to Alleyn, Alan (Breton, English, German, and Scottish) was the most popular in 2007.

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

KEY: approx pronunciation for Alleyn: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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