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Alleyne
How to Pronounce Alleyne
Pronounced uh-LAYN /əˈleɪn/Low
Meaning: Alleyne began as a surname formed from the medieval name Alan, of disputed Breton or Celtic origin; as an early-1900s girl's name it also rode the sound of Aline and Eileen.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Alleyne reached a small number of American girls in the early twentieth century, cresting around 1915. As a given name it drifted between a surname transplant and a dressed-up spelling of Aline, and it never settled into common use.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at most, and had faded by the late nineteen-thirties. A girl named Alleyne then would be well over a hundred today. The name keeps an old-world, faintly aristocratic ring but shows no modern revival.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Alleyne mean?
It comes from an English and Norman-French surname rooted in the medieval name Alan; as a girl's name it overlaps with Aline.
How do you pronounce Alleyne?
It is said uh-LAYN /əˈleɪn/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Alleyne a boy or girl name?
Alleyne is recorded here as a girl's name, though it is common as a surname.
How popular is Alleyne?
It has always been very rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at a small peak in the mid nineteen-tens.