Allan Lord is definitely a fascinating name. All names are exciting, the fact is, when one starts to research what they mean and where their roots originate from. Names in English alone could have numerous beginning sources. When foreign names and their origins are also looked at, it can be really fascinating.
Along with the Germanic root, the name may come from a Gaelic word. “Ailin” is Gaelic for a little rock or tiny pebble. The Bretons spoke Gaelic, and the name may have come into common use in the English language when William the Conqueror’s Breton allies brought it with them. A famous Breton who was close to William the Conqueror was named Allen, Earl of Brittany.
In most of Europe, folks only had one name at the start of the beginning of recorded history. But as people did start to travel and trade, a surname was necessary. It was sometimes just the name of one’s clan, but it could also be the trade that one’s family worked in. By doing this, James Farmer came from a family of farmers and Bob Shepherd is probably the descendant of someone who herded sheep.
Allan Lord became a common name in England during Europe’s dark ages. It underwent a pickup in popularity in the United States in the 1950′s. Mostly as a result of a popular actor, Alan Ladd. A name’s origins can offer a window into one’s culture.