Elana - Meaning of Elana

What does Elana mean?

[ 3 syll. e-la-na, el-ana ] The baby girl name Elana is pronounced as iy-LAA-Naa- †. Elana is mainly used in English and Hebrew, and its language of origin is Old Provençal, Old Greek, and Hebrew.

Elana is a contracted form of the English name Eleanor.

Elana is also a variant form of the English name Helen.

Elana is also a variant form of the English, Hebrew, and Hungarian name Ilana in the English and Hebrew languages.

See also the related categories, english, hebrew, and greek.

Elana is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1966 with 0.007% of baby girls being named Elana. It ranked at #945 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in frequency, and is today used on a very light scale. In 2018, among the group of girl names directly related to Elana, Eleanor was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Elana include Elanee, Elaney, Elani, Elanni, Elena, Ellama, Ilainie, Ilamai, Ilamay, Ilamaye, Ilana, Ilanah, Ilani, Ileanne, Ileema, Ileene, Illani, Ilona, Ilone, and Iloni.

† Pronunciation for Elana: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"



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