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Alanna - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Alanna

[ 3 syll. a-lan-na, al-a-nna ] The girl name Alanna is pronounced as aaLAANah KEY. Alanna is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is Celtic. Alanna is a variant spelling of the name Alana (English).

Alanna is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1970s. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.033% of baby girls were given the name Alanna. It had a ranking of #461 then. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly linked to Alanna, Alana (English) was the most frequently used. The name was thrice as popular as Alanna in that year.

Baby names that sound like Alanna include Alaina (English), Alana (English), Alanah (English), Alani (English), Alannah (English), Alawna (English), Alayna (English), Alena (Russian, English, and Czech), Alhena, Alima (Arabic and Hebrew), Alina (English and French), Allana (English), Allanna (English), Allannah (English), Alona (English and Hebrew), Aluma (English and Hebrew), Alwina (German), Alyna (Russian), Aolani (Hawaiian), and Eilean (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Alanna: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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