Aller

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Artur in BR Brazil, US United States, FR France and 14 more, Არტურ in GE Georgia and Arthur in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aller is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname22K records spelled Aller13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Denmark, Germany

  Languages: English, Danish, German

  Also written Aeller, Äller

• Catalan surname4.3K records spelled Aller5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Ayer, Ãllër

• a separate surname879 records spelled Aller2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Äller

• Estonian surname351 records spelled Aller4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Estonia, Spain

  Languages: Estonian, Finnish

  Also written Ayer

• Croatian surname60 records spelled Aller13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Aler, Алер, Аллер

• Russian surname57 records spelled Aller5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Peru, Spain

  Also written Аллер, Аллёр

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aller is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A place in England:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, from the river Aller; origin name

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• The command to start; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Dutch, of all; (archaic) genitive plural of al

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In enm, alternative form of aldre

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lawrence Hugh Allerb. 1913USastronomer (1913-2003)
• Gladys Allerb. 1915USAmerican painter (1915-1970)
• Rodney Allerb. 1916USAmerican lawyer and naval officer (1916–2005)
• Eleanor Allerb. 1917USAmerican cellist
• Heinrich Allerb. 1947DEGerman politician
• Bettina Allerb. 1962DKDanish businesswoman
• Javier Aller Martínb. 1972ESSpanish actor
• Arvo Allerb. 1973EEEstonian politician (born 1973)
• Francisco Arcillab. 1984ESnot in their usual nameSpanish athletics competitor
• Michel AllerUSAmerican film editor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 49 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aller?

We estimate roughly 1.2 million people bear Aller (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Aller have the most bearers?

We estimate about 618 thousand people bear Aller in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled artur.

How common is Aller compared with other names?

In Brazil, Aller is the 253rd most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

What does the name Aller mean?

Recorded meaning: Toponymic surname from the river/place Aller.