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 [ 3 syll. a-la-na, al-ana ] The girl name Alana is pronounced aaLAENah KEY. 1: Alana is of Celtic origin and it is used mainly in English. The meaning of Alana is 'little rock; harmony, peace'. Derived from ailin 'little rock' ; al 'rock' ; alun 'harmony, peace'. Alana is the feminine form of the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan. Forms of the name include the English names Alaina, Alani, Alanis, Alannis, Alayna, and Allana. The short forms Lana (English) and Lanna (English), the pet forms Alie (Dutch and English), Lannie (English), and Lanny (English), and the spelling variants Alanna (English), Alawna (English), and Allanna (English) are other forms of Alana. 2: Alana's language of origin is Hawaiian. The meaning here is 'an offering, light and buoyant'. See also the related form, the English Alannah. Alana is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1950s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2007, 0.117% of baby girls were named Alana. It was #142 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #166 with a usage of 0.098%, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Alana was used 35% more than the 2nd ranked name, the English Alaina, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Alana include the English Alaina, the English Alanah, the English Alani, the English Alanna, the English Alannah, the English Alawna, the English Alayna, the Russian, English, and Czech Alena, the name Alhena, the Arabic and Hebrew Alima, the English and French Alina, the English Allana, the English Allanna, the English Allannah, the English and Hebrew Alona, the English and Hebrew Aluma, the German Alwina, the Russian Alyna, the Hawaiian Aolani, and the English Eilean. KEY: English pronunciation for Alana: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
