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Alanis - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Alanis

[ 3 syll. a-la-nis, al-an-is ] The girl name Alanis is pronounced as aaLAANIHS KEY. Alanis is mainly used in the English language and its language of origin is Celtic. Alanis is a variant form of the English name Alana.

Alanis is a rare baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly linked to Alanis, the English Alana was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Alanis include the English Alannis, the Russian and Slavic Alenka, the Polish Alinka, the Russian and Polish Olenka, the Czech Olunka, and the Ethiopian Almaz.

A famous person named Alanis is Singer Alanis Morissette, born 1 June 1974, Ottawa, Canada.

KEY: Pronunciation for Alanis: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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