Given name
Alean
“light-bearer”·“from the green meadow”
Alean is a variant of Aileen. Interpretations include “light-bearer” and “from the green meadow”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alean is a variant of Aileen. Interpretations include “light-bearer” and “from the green meadow”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alean is a variant of Aileen. Aileen has been associated with Irish and Scottish naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alean through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,098
- 0 boys · 1,098 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 384 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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