Alaina

Where Alaina comes from

A variant of Alana coined in the 20th century from Alain, the French equivalent of Alan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alaina
  • Celtic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #4,417 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Alaina Huffman born
    Canadian actress
  3. 1995
    Alaina Coates born
    American basketball player
  4. 2011
    Peak, #156
    1,999 babies named Alaina — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Namesakes
  • Alaina Huffman · Canadian actress, born 1980
  • Alaina Coates · American basketball player, born 1995
  • Alaina Bergsma · American volleyball player, born 1990
  • Alaina Castillo · American singer-songwriter, born 1999
  • Alaina Capri · American actress, born 1939

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.