Last name origins & meanings:
- Spanish (Alanís) and Portuguese: variant of
Alaniz.
- Greek: from alani ‘open space’,
‘square’ (Turkish alan), a nickname for an idler, someone whose
time was spent loafing around in the square of a town or village.
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