Given name & surname
Alleyne
“one who is precious”·“resembling a little rock”
Alleyne 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
Alleyne 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
Alleyne 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 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alleyne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 145
- 0 boys · 145 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 20 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 1939. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 125 as a first name in 2020; 4,263 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Alleyne
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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