Given name & surname
Allon
“one who is precious”·“resembling a little rock”·“of the oak tree”
Allon is a variant of Alan. Interpretations include “one who is precious” and “resembling a little rock”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Allon is a variant of Alon. One Hebrew interpretation is “of the oak tree.”
Original Hebrewאלון
Meaning & origin
What it means
Allon is a variant of Alan. Interpretations include “one who is precious” and “resembling a little rock”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Allon is a variant of Alon. One Hebrew interpretation is “of the oak tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Allon is a variant of Alan. A possible origin is Celtic, although the derivation remains uncertain. Allon is a variant of Alon. An origin associated with Alon is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'alal (אלל), “to protrude.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Allon appears in 1 Chronicles 4:37.
From biblical name research
Allon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 217
- 217 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 10 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 boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 332 as a first name in 2020; 233 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.
Allon’s family of names
Allon has a feminine form in Allona. Allon has a related form in Alan. Allon has a related form in Alon.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 12
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Joelshares a root
- Elashares a root
- Elonshares a root
- Elahshares a root
- Elimshares a root
- Aijalonshares a root
- Ulamshares a root
- Ulaishares a root
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