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Ian vs Alan - What's the difference?

ian | alan |

As a determiner ian

is .

As an adverb ian

is .

As a proper noun alan is

or alan can be (historical) a member of a group of sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium ad who spoke an eastern iranian language derived from scytho-sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern ossetian.

ian

English

Alternative forms

* Iain

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
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  • * 1975 , , World of Wonders , ISBN 0670817902, page 736
    • “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian'. If you want to call him ' Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.”

    References

    * Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman

    Anagrams

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    alan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wolfhound.

    • Anagrams

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