Alana

Where Alana comes from

Feminine form of Alan (from Alan + -a). In regular use since the 20th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alana
  • Celtic
  • Vowel-ended
Alana through the years
  1. 1930
    First appearance
    #2,552 among girls with 12 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Alana de la Garza born
    American actress
  3. 1976
    Alana Evans born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #140
    2,085 babies named Alana, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Namesakes
  • Alana de la Garza · American actress, born 1976
  • Alana Evans · American pornographic actress, born 1976
  • Alana Haim · American musician and actress, born 1991
  • Alana Gebremariam · Belarusian pro-democracy activist and feminist, born 1997
  • Alana Beard · American basketball player, born 1982

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.