# Allan
## Translingual
### Proper noun

Allan
* A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).

### Further reading

* Author query of the International Plant Names Index

## English
### Alternative forms

* Alan, Allen, Alen

### Proper noun

Allan
* A male given name from the Celtic languages, a less common spelling of Alan.
** 1866, William 'Wilkie' Collins, Armadale, Kissinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 288:"If I had been a man," she said, "I should so like to have been called Allan!" "Call me by my name, if you really like it," he whispered persuasively. "Call me 'Allan', for once - just to try."
* A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.
* A town in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No.343, Saskatchewan, Canada.
* A rural locality in Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
* A commune in Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

### See also

* Allan Water
* Bridge of Allan
* Strathallan

### Anagrams

* an all, nalla

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Allan, Alan, probably of Old Breton or Irish origin.

### Proper noun

Allan
* a male given name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Allan.

## Danish
### Etymology

From English Allan in the 19th century.

### Proper noun

Allan
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

* Popular in Denmark in the 1960s and the 1970s.

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 452 males with the given name Allan have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Estonian
### Etymology

From English Allan in the 20th century.

### Proper noun

Allan
* a male given name

## Faroese
### Etymology

From English Alan, ultimately from Brythonic.

### Proper noun

Allan m
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Allan: Allansson
* daughter of Allan: Allansdóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Allan at the end of the 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlːɑn/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -ɑlːɑn
* Syllabification: Al‧lan

### Proper noun

Allan
* a male given name
** 2006, Allan Mutka, Rippipuku, Tammi, →ISBN, page 96:―Päivää, mä olen Altsu, tai toi Allan on se oikea nimi. ―Sehän on mukava miehen nimi, vähän harvinaisempikin, rouva säteili. Meinasin sanoa että joo, mustalaismannet suosivat, mutta jätin kuitenkin sanomatta.―Hi, I'm Altsu, or well Allan is my real name. ―That's a nice male name, a bit less common one too, the woman joyfully said. I was going to say that yeah, the Gypsies like it, but I decided not to.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Allan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :

#### Statistics

* Allan is the 370th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 848 male individuals (and as a middle name to 9,434 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From English Allan in the 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Allan c (genitive Allans)
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

* Popular in Sweden from the 1910s to the 1930s.

#### See also

* spela allan

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Allan, Alan, probably of Old Breton or Irish origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔalan/ [ˈʔaː.lɐn̪]
* Rhymes: -alan
* Syllabification: A‧llan

### Proper noun

Allan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜈ᜔)
* a male given name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]

### Anagrams

* lalan