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Alana

Girl Celtic languages #184 in 2023

Alana is a girl name of Celtic languages origin.

Meaning of Alana

Feminine form of pos=In regular use since the 20th century.

Popularity of Alana

Popularity, 1930–2023

1,617 births in 2023

1930 2023

64,102 U.S. births recorded from 1930–2023.

Peak year

2007

2,461 babies

First recorded

1930

93 years of history

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

Manly, strong, courageous

feminine form of the saint's name, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre: thus meaning "who/which is to be loved"

Boy · Ancient Greek

Borrowed from Alexander, from Ἀλέξανδρος, from ἀλέξω +, the stem of ἀνήρ

Girl · Ancient Greek

Feminine form of Church Angelus, from ἄγγελος

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.