Save Gender Masculine Usage Kurdish Scripts الان (Kurdish Arabic) Meaning & History From the name of a Kurdish tribe in the 17th-century Kurdish romance Mem û Zîn. The hero Mem is from this tribe. Related Names Same SpellingAlan 1 User SubmissionsAlán, Alan PopularityDetails Last ranked #100 in 1983 Australia (NSW) Last ranked #82 in 2024 Basque Country, Spain Last ranked #186 in 2000 Belgium Last ranked #53 in 2000 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #95 in 1982 Canada Last ranked #81 in 2024 Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #87 in 2021 Chile Last ranked #136 in 2016 Czechia Last ranked #592 in 2024 England & Wales Last ranked #393 in 2024 France Last ranked #94 in 2014 Ireland Last ranked #197 in 2022 Italy Last ranked #6 in 2025 Kazakhstan Last ranked #49 in 2021 Mexico Last ranked #475 in 2025 Netherlands Last ranked #96 in 1988 New Zealand Last ranked #56 in 2025 Poland Last ranked #49 in 2025 Puerto Rico Last ranked #91 in 2000 Scotland Last ranked #100 in 2001 Slovenia Last ranked #76 in 2024 Spain Last ranked #191 in 2025 United States Last ranked #76 in 2022 Uruguay Name DaysName Days? Czechia: August 14Slovakia: March 8 Categories nationalities Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Entry updated May 26, 2026