Given name

Alanus

Alanus is a masculine given name. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

The origin of Alanus is uncertain.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Substantiv.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Alanus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Alanus shares a linguistic root with the French form Alain. In Latin usage, Alanus has a conventional equivalent in the Breton form Alan. In Latin usage, Alanus has a conventional equivalent in the French form Alain.

Walk Alanus’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Alanus has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Celtic roots to each of them.

Proto-Celtic

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Alanus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Celtic

Arthurus

“bear”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Celtic

Axrotalus

“high, noble, great”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Celtic

Argyotalus

“white”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Scottish · Celtic

Angus

“one force; one strength; one choice”

33RareEasing

>99% boys

Celtic · Royal

Amalarīks

“hard work, struggle” · “king”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Celtic

Maglocunus

“noble hound”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Celtic

Albiorix

“world”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Celtic

Arthwys

“bear”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Alanus’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Alanus