From Turkish alp meaning “brave” and arslan meaning “lion”, referring to the 11th-century Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan, who expanded the Seljuk Empire into Anatolia.
People with the name Beldin have a deep inner desire for travel and adventure, and want to set their own pace in life without being governed by tradition.
From Old French plat meaning “flat, thin”, from Late Latin plattus, from Greek πλατύς (platys) meaning “wide, broad, flat”. This may have been a nickname or a topographic name for someone who lived near a flat feature.