Alanna

Where Alanna comes from

A feminine form of Alan; variant spelling of Alana. Compare also Alannah.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alanna
  • Celtic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1930
    First appearance
    #3,055 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Alanna Ubach born
    American actress
  3. 1988
    Alanna Masterson born
    American actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #280
    1,099 babies named Alanna — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Namesakes
  • Alanna Ubach · American actress, born 1975
  • Alanna Masterson · American actress, born 1988
  • Alanna Kennedy · Australian association football player, born 1995
  • Alanna Smith · Australian basketball player, born 1996
  • Alanna Kraus · Canadian short track speed skater, born 1977

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.