Alan

[ al-uhn ]

noun

1. a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”

Example Sentences

Alan Gross was in a cheery mood, having survived a grim five-year stint in a Cuban prison.

From The Daily Beast

You have to admire his convictions; most frustrated auteurs in this town just call such things “an Alan Smithee project.”

From The Daily Beast

Alan just happened to be in New York auditioning people, and I got in the room to audition for the first time.

From The Daily Beast

Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson-- the Simpson half of Simpson-Mazzoli-- blames the Right along with the Left.

From The Daily Beast

“NATO bullied us in Georgia and now they are doing the same again here, and we have to stop them,” says Alan.

From The Daily Beast

Alan led the way, telling Owen and Amy to keep close to him, and to fear nothing.

From Project Gutenberg

Amy was now left alone, that Owen might get behind one bush, and Alan behind another.

From Project Gutenberg

So Alan laid his stick across the narrow part, and then jumped over the brook, followed by Owen and Amy.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a hard struggle; for the wolf pulled poor Amy one way, and Alan pulled her the other; but at length Alan won the day.

From Project Gutenberg

It is due to Alan to say that the misfortune of his wounded leg by no means cooled his courage.

From Project Gutenberg