Allen
Meaning: Its source is Adal, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Precious."
Origin: "Adal."
Languages: This boy's name is used in English.
Popularity: The name Allen ranked 249th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 114th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name makes a strong showing in state popularity data of the 1960s, but makes few (if any) appearances on lists compiled after that period.
Narrative: This name could come from the Gaelic ailin, meaning ''little rock.''
Leadership
- Allen Born
- CEO of Fortune 500 company ALUMAX (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Allen Questrom
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Federated Department Stores (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
Sports
- Allen Iverson
- 1997 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year (see list of NBA Rookies of the Year)
- Allen Johnson
American Athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 110m Hurdles (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Hurdles)
- Allen Stack
American athlete.
- 1948 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 100m backstroke (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
- Allen Woodring
American athlete.
- 1920 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 200m run (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
Stage and Screen
- Allen Ludden (born 1918, died 1981)
American TV producer and host of the game show ''Password.''
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
The Literary World
- Allen Drury (born 1918)
American novelist.
- 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for Advice and Consent (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
- Author of the 1960 best-selling novel Advise and Consent (see list of Bestselling Fiction Authors in the U.S.)
- Allen Ginsberg (born 1926, died 1997)
American poet.
- 1974 National Book Award winner for Poetry, for The Fall of America: Poems of These States, 1965-71 (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Poetry)
- Wrote Howl and Kaddish; set William Blake''s poems to music (see list of Writers of the Beat Generation)
- Allen Tate (born 1899, died 1979)
American poet and critic.
- 1956 Bollingen Prize winner (see list of Winners of the Bollingen Prize for Poetry)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- Alien
- Alley Cat
- Big Al
- Alpo
- Altitude
- Allico
- Fiction-Al
- Alberta
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Allen Wrench
Used in reference to a type of wrench.
- Fat Al
- Alla
- Al-Lyn
Meaning: Its source is Adal, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Precious."
Origin: "Adal."
Popularity: The name Allen ranked 3048th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.
This name is normally reserved for males. In part, it could owe its position on the US Census popularity survey to incorrectly filled-out census forms.
Narrative: This name could come from the Gaelic ailin, meaning ''little rock.''
The Gaelic form Alane means ''fair.''
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