ALAN

Origin and etymology In historic texts In the 1881 census Distribution map

As described in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

Is thought by Julius Scaliger to signify a hound in the Sclavonian, and Chaucer uses Aland in the same sense.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Surname type: From given name or forename

Region of origin: Europe

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