Given name & surname
Alon
“of the oak tree”
Alon is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “of the oak tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “of the oak tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From Hebrew אַלּוֹן (alon, “oak tree”), from Tagalog Alon.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,212
- 1,188 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,216 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,216 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,688 as a first name in 2020; 740 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.
Alon’s family of names
In English usage, Alon has a related form in Ilan. In English usage, Alon has a related form in Elon. Alon has a related form in Allon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alon has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alon
- Alon AbutbulIsraeli actor (1965–2025)
- Alon MizrahiIsraeli former association footballerborn 1971
- Alon HazanIsraeli former association footballer, and former head-coach of the Israel national teamborn 1967
- Alon HaraziIsraeli former association footballer and assistant head coachborn 1971
- Alon TurgemanIsraeli association footballerborn 1991
- Alon YefetIsraeli refereeborn 1972
- Alon Greenfeldchess playerborn 1964
- Alon DayIsraeli racing driverborn 1991
- Alon AbelskiGerman footballerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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