Given name & surname
Alen
“one who is precious”·“resembling a little rock”
In English use, Alen has a related form in 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
In English use, Alen has a related form in 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
In English use, Alen has a related form in 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 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,371
- 2,371 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 83 babies
- 2025
- 36
- #3,244 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,244 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 83 in 2005. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,768 as a first name in 2020; 484 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.
Alen’s family of names
In English usage, Alen has a related form in Alan. In Armenian usage, Alen is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Ալեն. In English usage, Alen has a related form in Alan.
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Around the world
Alen has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alen
- Alen HalilovićCroatian association football playerborn 1996
- Alen AvdićBosnian-Herzegovinian footballer (born 1977)
- Alen BokšićCroatian footballerborn 1970
- Alen StevanovićSerbian association football player (born 1991)
- Alen SimonyanArmenian television presenter, actor, producer and politician (born 1980)
- Alen OmićSlovenian basketball player (born 1992)
- Alen IslamovićBosnian musicianborn 1957
- Alen ZaseyevUkrainian sport wrestlerborn 1988
- Alen MašovićSerbian association football playerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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