Usually means: Name of Celtic origin, handsome.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. alan: Merriam-Webster
  2. Alan: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Alan, alan, alan: Wordnik
  4. Alan, alan: Wiktionary
  5. Alan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Alan: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Alan, alan: Dictionary.com
  8. ALAN, Alan (Mexican singer), Alan (Sesame Street), Alan (disambiguation), Alan (given name), Alan (legendary creature), Alan (mythical creature), Alan (surname), Alan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Alan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. alan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Alan: Rhymezone
  12. Alan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. alan: FreeDictionary.org
  14. Alan: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. alan: Merriam-Webster

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. ALAN: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Alan: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ALAN: Bicycle Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ALAN)

▸ noun:  A male given name from the Celtic languages.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (historical) A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.
▸ noun:  A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of alaunt [A domesticated dog of an extinct breed related to the modern bulldog and mastiff, or modern breeds created in imitation of it.]
▸ noun:  Initialism of artificial light at night.

Similar:
Richard, Andy, Chris, Allan, Robert, David, Steven, Steve, eric, Christopher, more...

Opposite:
natalie

Phrases:
Alan Greenspan, Alan Lomax, Alan Turing, Alan Watts, Alan Paton, more...

Adjectives:
fine, fitz, old, young, little, poor, last, forrest, dear, second, next



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Similar:
Richard, Andy, Chris, Allan, Robert, David, Steven, Steve, eric, Christopher, more...

Opposite:
natalie

Phrases:
Alan Greenspan, Alan Lomax, Alan Turing, Alan Watts, Alan Paton, Alan Ladd, Alan Cranston, Alan Shepard, Alan Dershowitz, Alan Freed, Alan Alda, Alan Bennett, Alan Sillitoe, Alan Walker, Alan Parker, alan brown, more...

Adjectives:
fine, fitz, old, young, little, poor, last, forrest, dear, second, next



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