Submitted Name Save Gender Feminine Usage English, Popular Culture Pronounced Pron. ah-loo-ET(English) [key] Other Forms FormsAllouette, Alouetta, Alowette Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 4/21/2011 by sambchop Edited 12/17/2016 by LMS Meaning & History From the French word for skylark, a small bird. It is also the name of a popular French Canadian children's song about plucking the feathers off a skylark.