Woulfe stated that this name is a pet form of some other name beginning with the first element Ail-.[10][11] Forms of the Gaelic name appear in early records British records; the Latin form Ailenus was recorded by Adomn??n (died 704).[3][12][note 1] Another similar-looking word in Irish is ??lainn and Scottish Gaelic ??lainn, which means beautiful.[15][16][17]