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Alan

OriginIrish
Meaning"handsome, cheerful"
GenderBoy
US Rank#191

Top 1000

NB Rank#373

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Variation of Alun

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Famous Alans

  • Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman

    English actor

  • Alan Cumming

    Scottish actor

  • Alan Davies

    English comedian

  • Alan Irwin Menken

    American composer and pianist

  • Alan Erwin Ball

    American screenwriter, producer, and director

  • Alan Wray Tudyk

    American actor

  • Alan Ladd

    American actor

  • A[lan] A[lexander] Milne

    English author

  • Alan Sillitoe

    British novelist, short,story writer and poet

  • Alan Watts

    English philosopher

  • Alan Tam

    Cantonese pop singer

  • Alan Carr

    English comedian and television personality

  • Alan J. Heeger

    American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry

  • Alan Shepard

    American astronaut

  • Alan L. Bean

    American astronaut

  • Alan Ashby

    guitarist of American band Of Mice And Men

  • Alan Turing

    British cryptographer and father of computer science

  • Alan Arkin

    American actor

  • Alan Ritchson

    American actor and contestant on NBC show "I Can Do That"

  • Alan Powell

    American actor/singer

  • Alan Olav Walker

    Norwegian record producer and DJ

  • Alan van Spring

    Canadian actor

  • Cody Alan Williams

    son of actor/comedian Robin Williams

  • Mason Alan Dye

    son of actors Cameron Dye and Laura San Giacomo

  • Brooks Alan Stuber (b. 2012)

    son of model Molly Sims and Scott Stuber

  • Alan O'Day

    American singer/songwriter

  • Alan George Longmuir

    Scottish guitarist (Bay City Rollers)

  • Alan Keith

    English radio broadcaster

Alan in pop culture

  • Alan Shepard Tracy

    youngest Tracy son from "The Thunderbirds" series

  • Alan Grant

    character from "Jurassic Park"

  • Alan Harper

    character from "Two and a Half Men"

  • Alan Matthews

    dad from the TV show "Boy Meets World"

  • Alan Shore

    character from TV show "Boston Legal" played by James Spader

  • Alan Wilson

    character from the TV series "24"

  • Alan "The Brain" Powers

    character from kids show "Arthur"

  • Alan Frog

    character in the hit film "The Lost Boys"

  • Alan

    character on Freeform's "Recovery Road"

  • Alan Parrish

    lead character in "Jumanji," portrayed by Robin Williams

  • Alan Diaz

    character on TV's "Mighty Med"

  • Alan Rikkin

    character in the film "Assassin's Creed"

  • "Alan

    " song by Perfume Genius

  • Alan Lowenstein

    character on TV's "Young & Hungry"

  • Alan

    character on "Sesame Street"

  • Alan Dracula

    main character in the animated series “Infinity Train”

  • Alan Wake

    The titular character of the "Alan Wake" series of video games produced by Remedy Entertainment.

Variations & nicknames

  • AileanScottish
  • AlaoPortuguese
  • AllynWelsh
  • AlandWelsh
  • AilinIrish
  • AlainFrench
  • AlunWelsh
  • AlanoSpanish

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