Allen (surname)

Allen
Family name
Meaning	"little rock", "harmony" and "handsome"
Region of origin	Scotland, Ireland, England

Allen is a Celtic surname, originating in Scotland, and common in Ireland, Wales and England. It is a variation of the surname MacAllen and may be derived from two separate sources: Ailin, in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, means both "little rock" and "harmony", or it may also be derived from the Celtic Aluinn, which means "handsome". Variant spellings include Alan, Allan, etc. The noble family of this surname, from which a branch went to Portugal, is descended of one Alanus de Buckenhall.

In Ireland, Allen is the Anglicization of the Gaelic name Ó h-Ailín.^[1] Allen is the 41st most common surname in England.^[2]

Disambiguation

A

• Abner P. Allen (1839–1905), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Alexander Viets Griswold Allen (1841–1908) American Episcopal theologian
• Anson Allen, American politician
• Arnold Allen, American computer scientist
• Asa A. Allen, American Pentecostal evangelist and faith healer
• Ashley Allen (born 1968), American model and actress

B

• Bernadette Allen, U.S. diplomat
• Bobby Allen (born 1978), American ice hockey player
• Bradley Allen (born 1971), English footballer
• Bryn Allen (1921–2005), Welsh international footballer

C

• Carl Meredith Allen (accused), source of the Philadelphia Experiment story
• Cecil J. Allen (1886–1973), British railway engineer and writer
• Charles Peter Allen (1861–1930), English politician
• Christian Allen, video game designer
• Clarence Ray Allen (1930–2006), American convicted murder
• Clive Allen (born 1961), a retired English footballer
• Clive Allen (basketball) (born 1961), a retired English basketball player and coach
• Corey Allen (born 1934), American film and television director, producer, writer and actor

D

• Daevid Allen (born 1938 as Christopher David Allen), Australian musician, founder of Soft Machine and Gong
• Damon E. Allen (1921–2009), Kentucky optometrist
• Darina Allen (born 1951), Irish chef
• Dayton Allen (1919–2004), American comedian and voice actor
• Debbie Allen (born 1950), American actress and television director/producer
• Deborah Allen (born 1953), American country music singer
• Devere Allen (1891-1955), American pacifist political activist and writer
• Dick Allen (born 1942), former Major League Baseball first baseman/third baseman
• Dick Allen (film editor) (1944-2007), English film editor
• Diogenes Allen (1932–2013), American philosopher and theologian
• Dominique Allen (born 1989), British basketball player
• Donna Allen, American dance pop singer
• Dwayne Allen (born 1990), American football player

E

• Ed Allen (1897–1974), American jazz trumpeter
• Elizabeth Anne Allen (born 1970), American actress
• Eric Allen (born 1965), former American football player
• Ernie Allen (born 1946), American attorney
• Ethan Allen (baseball) (1904–1993), American baseball player
• Ethel D. Allen (1929-1981), Pennsylvania politician

F

• Fanny Allen, American nun and nurse
• Fiona Allen, (born 1965), English comedian
• Frances E. Allen, US computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award
• Frederick Lewis Allen, American historian and editor
• Floyd Allen, American landowner, later convicted of murder

G

• Gary Allen (1936–1986), American journalist
• Gavin Allen (born 1965), former Australian rugby league footballer
• GG Allin (1956–1993), American Punk Icon
• Gracie Allen (1895–1964), American comedienne
• Glover Morrill Allen (1879-1942), mammalogist
• Grant Allen (1848–1899), Canadian science writer
• Gubby Allen (1902–1989), English cricketer

H

• Hank Allen (born 1940), former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Harvey A. Allen (c. 1818–1882), United States Army officer, was Commander of the Department of Alaska 1871-1873.
• Harry Julian Allen (1910–1977), NASA engineer and administrator
• Holless Wilbur Allen (1880–1966), inventor of the compound bow

I

• Isabelle Allen (born 2002), English actress
• Ira Allen (1751–1814), politician from Vermont
• Irwin Allen (1916–1991), American film and television procucer

J

• Jared Allen, American football player
• Jennifer Allen, American author
• Jermaine Allen (born 1983), English American footballer
• Jimmy Allen (born 1952), former American football player
• Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
• Joan Allen (born 1956), American actress
• Joe Allen (born 1990), Welsh football (soccer) player
• Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921), American zoologist
• Josh Allen (born 1991), American football player

K

• Karen Allen (born 1951), American actress
• Keenan Allen (born 1992), American football player
• Kenton Allen, television producer at BBC
• Kimball Allen (born 1982), writer, performer
• Kris Allen (born 1985), American singer-songwriter and winner of American Idol
• Krista Allen (born 1971), American actress and model

L

• Larry Allen (born 1971), former American footballer
• Lavoy Allen (born 1989), American basketball player
• Leo Allen (born 1972), American stand-up comedian
• Leo E. Allen (1898–1973), American politician
• Les Allen (born 1937), English footballer
• Lester Allen (1891–1949), American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director
• Lettie Annie Allen (1901-1980), New Zealand public servant, political activist, feminist and local politician
• Lew Allen (born 1925), former U.S. Air Force general
• Lily Allen (born 1985), English singer-songwriter
• Lou Allen (1924–2008), American footballer
• Lucius Allen (born 1947), American basketball player
• Lynn Allen, NFL player

M

• Malik Allen (born 1978), American basketball player
• Margaret Allen, pseudonym of American science fiction novelist William Thomas Quick
• Mary Allen (born 1951), British writer
• Mel Allen (1913–1996), American sportscaster
• Michael Graham Allen (born 1950), player and maker of Native American flutes
• Mike Allen (poet) (born 1969), American writer and poet
• Myron Allen (1854–1924), American baseball player

N

• Neil Allen (born 1958), former American Major League baseball player
• Nick Allen (1888–1939), American Major League baseball player
• Nicky Allen (1958–1984), New Zealand rugby union player
• Norman M. Allen (1828–1909), New York politician

O

• Omari Allen (born 1990), Montserratian cricketer
• Orlando Allen (1803–1874), American politician—Buffalo, New York
• Oscar K. Allen (1882–1936), Democratic governor of Louisiana (1932–36)

P

• Percival Allen (1917–2008), British geologist
• Percy Benjamin Allen (1913–1992), New Zealand politician
• Pete Allen (musician) (born 1954), English dixieland jazz clarinetist
• Peter Allen (musician) (1944–1992), Australian songwriter and singer
• Peter Allen (US broadcaster) (born 1920), American broadcaster and radio announcer
• Peter Anthony Allen (1911–1964), British convicted murderer
• Peter Lewis Allen (author), American scholar and author
• Phil Allen, English rock musician
• Philip Allen (politician) (1785–1865), American politician
• Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale (1912–2007), British civil servant
• Phog Allen (1885–1974), American athlete, coach, and physician

R

• Rachel Allen (born 1972), Irish chef
• Ralph Shuttleworth Allen (1817–1887), British Conservative Member of Parliament
• Rashaun Allen (born 1990), American football player
• Ray Allen (born 1975), American basketball player
• Ray R. Allen (1920–2010), Alexandria, Louisiana, public official
• Rebecca Allen (born 1992), Australian basketball player
• Red Allen (c. 1906–1967), American jazz trumpeter
• Red Allen (bluegrass) (1930–1933), American bluegrass singer and guitarist
• Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), English rock drummer
• Rod Allen (advertising executive) (1929–2007), British advertising executive
• Rod Allen (born 1959), American television baseball commentator
• Roger Allen (disambiguation)
• Rosalind Allen (born 1957), New Zealand actress
• Rose Allen, one of the Colchester Martyrs
• Ryan Allen, American opera singer
• Ryan Allen (American football) (born 1990), American football player in the National Football League
• R. G. D. Allen (Roy George Douglas Allen) (1906–1983), English economist and mathematician

S

• Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times Bestselling author
• Sheila Allen (born 1929), American actress
• Sheila Allen (English actress) (born 1932), English actress
• Shirley Allen, American nurse involved in 1997 "siege"
• Stephen Allen, (1767–1852), Mayor of New York
• Sture Allén (born 1928), Swedish academic

T

• Tessa Allen (born 1996), American actress
• Tim Allen (born 1953), American actor
• Timothy Allen (born 1971), English photojournalist
• Timothy F. H. Allen (born 1942), British botanist
• Tom Allen (born 1945), American politician
• Toussaint Allen (1896-1960), American baseball player in the Negro Leagues

V

• Vic Allen (1923-2014), British Communist; trade unionist; university academic
• Victor M. Allen (1870–1916), New York politician
• Viola Allen (1887–1948), American silent film and theater actress
• Viv Allen (born 1916), former Canadian ice hockey player

W

• Walter Allen (1911–1995), English literary critic
• Woody Allen (born 1935), American film actor and director, although not his birth name

See also

• Alan (given name), including variants Allan and Allen
• Allenby (disambiguation)
• Van Allen, a surname

References

1. ↑ "Surname Search: Allen – Surname Dictionary". The Irish Times. 
2. ↑ "Allen Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk.  Retrieved 25 January 2014