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Allen Name Meaning

Allen meaning

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Popularity Rank :

Allen name was top ranked at 85 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 349 position in American during year 2015

     

Name Allen has been Most Popular throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 265 position. 265251 numbers of people were named Allen so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

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The masculine name Allen is a variant of Alan, but the meaning behind the name is not clear. It was used back in the 6th century in Brittany and could possible mean either “handsome” or “little rock” in Breton. On the other hand, it could be in reference to the tribal name of the Alans, who were an Iranian people that migrated back in the 4th and 5th centuries into Europe.


The name has been given to many famous people, from Allen Ginsberg the American poet to Woody Allen the actor and film director, who used Allen for his stage name.

Allen Numerology :
Personality No. 11. People with name Allen tend to be charismatic, cooperative, intuitive, and have a pleasing personality with a gentle manner. Person with Allen having 11 as Personality number work hard to gain confidence and overcome in-born shyness. As a child, and into your early twenties, nervous energy may have caused you to bite your nails or express your nervousness in other ways. You are extremely sensitive and intuitive. More Numerology

More About Name : Allen

  • Allen is of Gaelic origin, variant of Alan(Old German), meaning is ‘Precious’. From English origin it means ‘ Little rock’.

    Allen Ginsberg, an American beat poet; American actor and film director Woody Allen, who took the stage name Allen from his real first name; Bryan Allen is a professional ice hockey defenceman in the NHL( National Hockey League), playing for the Florida Panthers.

  • From Irish and Scottish origin Allen means ‘ Fair and handsome’.

Name Analysis of Allen

Character Analysis of Allen : Persons with the name Allen are trailblazers, torch-bearers, researchers, teachers and they are who show others the way. They are leaders, motivators and idealistic visionaries who are aware of their own innate powers.

Love Life of Allen : Generally person do not like a lot of courting and flirting but to go hard.

Name Letter Analysis of Allen

A : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinking

L : Persons are very heady, and tend to over think rather than experience life

L : Persons are very heady, and tend to over think rather than experience life

E : Persons are freedom-loving, sensual and enthusiastic

N : Persons are a "think outside the box" kind of person -- creative and original

Astrological (Vedic) Aspect of Name Allen

Acoording to vedic astrology , Rashi for the name Allen is Mesh and Moon sign associated with the name Allen is Aries.

The name Allen has Fire element. Mars is the Ruling Planet for the name Allen . The name Allen having moon sign as Aries is represented by The Ram and considered as Cardinal .

Normally, people with the name Allen are energetic, courageous and determined.

Other name options, having Aries moon sign are name starting with : Chu, Cho, La, Che,Lee, Lu, Le, Lo,Li, A, I,Ee.

Nakshatra (Vedic) of Name Allen

The name Allen is suitable for baby born in Krittika nakshatra

Krittika Nakshatra: An old name of the Pleiades; personified as the nurses of Kārttikeya, a son of Shiva.

Lord: Surya (Sun)
Symbol: Knife or spear
Deity : Agni, god of fire
Indian zodiac: 26°40' Mesha - 10° Vrishabha
Western zodiac 22° 40' Taurus - 6° Gemini
Other name options, having Krittika nakashatra are name starting with : A, I, U, E.

Famous Name Allen

  • Allen Brimley

    is an American actor.Brimley became famous later in life for appearing in such films as The Hotel New Hampshire, John Carpenter's The Thing, and Cocoon. In 2001 he starred in the Turner Network Television film Crossfire Trail with Tom Selleck. He had an important role in The China Syndrome. He often plays a gruff or stodgy old man, notably on the 1980s drama series Our House. His first characterization was in Absence of Malice, in which he played a small but key role as a curmudgeonly, outspoken James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He expanded on this characterization in The Natural, as the world-weary manager of a hapless baseball team. He is known to Star Wars fans as Noa Briqualon in George Lucas' 1985 made-for-TV movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

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  • Joel Allen

    was an American zoologist and ornithologist.He studied at Harvard University under Louis Agassiz. He participated in one expedition to Brazil and in several others within the United States. In 1873 he was the head of the naturalists of the North Pacific Railroad expedition from Bismarck, North Dakota to the Yellowstone and back for the Smithsonian. Allen was the first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History (from 1885 on) and later the first head of its Department of Ornithology.

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