Given name & surname
Alano
“one who is precious”·“resembling a little rock”
Alano is a variant of Alan. Interpretations include “one who is precious” and “resembling a little rock”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alano is a variant of Alan. Interpretations include “one who is precious” and “resembling a little rock”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alano is a variant of Alan. A possible origin is Celtic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 164
- 164 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,088 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,088 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 as a first name in 2020; 563 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alano’s family of names
Alano has a related form in Alan. In Esperanto usage, Alano has a conventional equivalent in the French form Alain. In Italian usage, Alano has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alano
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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