Alan

Names spelled like Alan

One or two letters apart, but from a different root: they look alike without sharing a meaning.

• AdánMan, of the earth (Hebrew, boy)
• AlazFlame (Turkish, boy)
• AlonOak tree (Hebrew, boy)
• AranFrom the Aran Islands (Irish Gaelic, unisex)
• AslanA lion (Turkish, boy)
• AdamMan, humankind (Hebrew, boy)
• AliHigh, exalted (Arabic, boy)
• AlexDefender, protector (Greek, unisex)
• AidanLittle fire (Irish Gaelic, boy)

Names with a similar meaning

• MiriamForm of Mary, meaning uncertain; perhaps Egyptian beloved (Hebrew, girl)
• PetraRock, stone (Greek, girl)
• AaronProbably Egyptian, meaning unknown; Hebrew theories say exalted (Hebrew, boy)
• PeterRock, stone (Greek, boy)
• KennethAnglicized Coinneach, handsome, and Cináed, perhaps born of fire (Scottish Gaelic, boy)
• SamanthaPerhaps a feminine form of Samuel with the suffix antha (English, girl)
• AresPerhaps from Greek words for bane, ruin, or male (Greek, boy)
• ArthurOf uncertain Celtic origin (Celtic, boy)
• AthenaMeaning unknown; the Greek goddess of wisdom (Greek, girl)
• CraigRock, crag (Scottish Gaelic, boy)
• DeclanMeaning unknown, though likely begins with Old Irish dag, good (Irish Gaelic, boy)
• JacksonFrom a surname meaning son of Jack (English, boy)
• JasperPerhaps treasurer, from Gaspar, one of the Magi (Persian, boy)
• MariaGreek and Latin form of Miriam, of uncertain meaning (Hebrew, girl)
• NayeliPossibly from Zapotec words meaning I love you or open (Zapotec, girl)

Middle names for Alan

Picked from our middle-name lists with a different first letter and a longer length, so the full name flows.

• BasilRoyal, kingly (Greek, boy)
• BennettBlessed (Latin, boy)
• CarltonSettlement of free peasants (Old English, boy)
• CarterCart driver (English, boy)
• FlorianFlourishing, blossoming (Latin, boy)
• HowellEminent, conspicuous (Welsh, boy)
• LangstonLong stone (Old English, boy)
• MitchellWho is like God? (Hebrew, boy)

More boy names from Brythonic

• IrvingGreen water (Brythonic, boy)