Name: Alun
Gender: Male
Usage: Alun, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Alun are in general originating from France, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Alun across the world, see Alan.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Alun is: Rock, Harmony.
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Numerology of the first name Alun: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Alun is ranked on the 10,713th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 23200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Alun has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Alun for each year.
The name day of Alun is 12 January.
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History and Origin
Alun (pronounced [ˈalɨ̞n]) is a Welsh variant of the masculine given name Alan. Notable people with the name include:
- Ailín I, Earl of Lennox, also spelled Alún, 12th century ruler of Lennox, Scotland
- Alun Armstrong (disambiguation)
- Alun Cairns (born 1970), Welsh politician
- Alun Davies (disambiguation)
- Alun Evans (disambiguation)
- Alun Francis (born 1943), Welsh conductor
- Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008), Welsh composer of classical music
- Alun Jones (disambiguation)
- Alun Lewis (1915–1944), Welsh poet
- Alun Michael (born 1943), British politician
- Alun Owen (1925–1994), British screenwriter best known for the screenplay of The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night
- Alun Pask (1937–1995), Wales international rugby union player and captain
- Alun Pugh (born 1955), Welsh politician
- Alun Thomas (1926–1991), rugby union player for Wales
- John Blackwell (Alun) (1797–1841), Welsh-language poet who used the bardic name Alun
- Alan Gua (Mongolian: Alun Gua), mythical figure in The Secret History of the Mongols
Welsh: possibly a cognate of Alan. It is borne in the Mabinogi by Alun of Dyfed, a character mentioned in passing several times. It is also a river name and a regional name in Wales, sometimes spelled Alyn. Alun was adopted as a bardic name by John Blackwell (1797–1840) and became popular as a result of his fame.
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