Alan

[al-uhn] Origin

Al·an

[al-uhn]
noun
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”
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A·la·ni

[uh-ley-nahy, uh-lah-nee]
plural noun
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
Also called A·lans [uh-leynz, uh-lahnz] .
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Alan
masc. proper name, 1066, from O.Bret. Alan, name of a popular Welsh and Breton saint; brought to England by the large contingent of Bretons who fought alongside William the Conqueror.
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