Alanna
| Pronunciation | ah-lah-nah, a-lan-a |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female (Gaelic or Celtic Languages), unisex (Hawaiian) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Celtic, Hawaiian |
| Meaning | "rock", "beautiful", "child", "melody", "awakening" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Alanna, Alannah, Lana |
Alanna or Alana is a female given name and traditionally considered the feminine form of the name Alan. It is derived from the Gaelic or Celtic Languages meaning "rock" (ail), "beautiful" (àlainn), or "child" (leanbh).[1] In Welsh, the similar word alawn means "harmony" or "melody," which may also be connected.[2]
Additionally, Alana is a unisex given name in the Hawaiian Language, meaning "awakening".[3]
The name Alana may also be linked to Alauna, a Celtic river goddess worshiped in parts of ancient Gaul and Britain. Alauna was associated with rivers and water bodies, symbolizing purity, flow, and life. This connection reflects the possible ancient Celtic roots of the name, reinforcing meanings related to nature and harmony. Some scholars suggest that place names like Alauna or Alavana gave rise to personal names such as Alan and Alana. [4] [5]
People with the given name Alaina/Alana/Alanah/Alanna/Alannah
Alaina
- Alaina Bergsma (born 1990), American volleyball
- Alaina Burnett (born 1977), Canadian voice actor
- Alaina Capri (born 1939), Russ Meyer actress who appeared in Common Law Cabin and Good Morning and... Goodbye!
- Alaina Coates (born 1995), American basketball player
- Alaina Huffman (born 1980), Canadian film and television actress, also known professionally as Alaina Kalanj
- Alaina Johnson (born 1990), American artistic gymnast
- Alaina Kwan (born 1998), American artistic gymnast
- Alaina Lockhart (born 1974), Canadian politician
- Alaina Reed Hall (1946–2009), American actress best known for her roles as Olivia on the TV series Sesame Street
- Alaina B. Teplitz (born 1969), American politician
- Alaina Williams (born 1990), American trampoline gymnast
Alana
- Alana Alexander, New Zealand bioinformatician
- Alana Austin, American actress
- Alana Barber (born 1987), New Zealand race walker
- Alana Bartol (born 1981), Canadian artist
- Alana Beard (born 1982), American basketball player
- Alana Blahoski (born 1974), American ice hockey player
- Alana Blanchard (born 1990), American professional surfer and model
- Alana Boden (born 1997), English actress
- Alana Boyd (born 1984), Australian pole vaulter
- Alana Bremner (born 1997), New Zealand rugby union player
- Alana Bridgewater, Canadian singer and actor from the Canadian production of the musical We Will Rock You
- Alana I. Capria (born 1985), American writer
- Alana Castrique (born 1999), Belgian racing cyclist
- Alana Cook (born 1997), American soccer player
- Alana Cordy-Collins (1944–2015), American archaeologist and professor
- Alana Dalzell (born 2001), Northern Irish cricketer
- Alana Dante (born 1969), Belgian singer
- Alana Davis (born 1974), American singer-songwriter
- Alana de la Garza (born 1976), American actress
- Alana DeLong (born c. 1949), Canadian politician
- Alana DiMario (born 1978), American politician
- Alana Dillette (born 1987), Bahamian swimmer and academic
- Alana Evans, American pornographic actress
- Alana Filippi (1960/1961–2020), French singer and songwriter
- Alana Gebremariam (born 1997), Belarusian pro-democracy activist and feminist
- Alana Golmei, Indian humanitarian, activist, and lawyer
- Alana Grace, American actress and singer-songwriter
- Alana Haim (born 1991), American musician and member of the band Haim
- Alana Hawley Purvis, Canadian actress
- Alana Henderson (born 1988), Northern Irish singer-songwriter and cellist
- Alana Hirtle, Canadian politician
- Alana Kavanagh (born 2003), Australian field hockey player
- Alana King (born 1995), Australian cricketer
- Alana Levandoski, Canadian songwriter
- Alaina Lockhart, Canadian politician
- Alana Lowes (born 1980), Australian writer, presenter, and actress
- Alana Maldonado (born 1995), Brazilian Paralympic judoka
- Alana Mann, Australian food activist
- Alana Marshall (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Alana Massey (born 1985), American writer
- Alana Mayo (born 1984), American film executive and producer
- Alana McLaughlin (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
- Alana Miller (born 1980), Canadian squash player
- Alana Millington (born 1988), Australian-New Zealand field hockey player
- Alana Newhouse (born 1976), American writer and editor
- Alana Nicholls (born 1986), Australian kayaker
- Alana Nichols (born 1983), American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and alpine skier
- Alana O'Neill (born 1996), American soccer player
- Alana Paon (born 1971), Canadian politician
- Alana Parnaby (born 1994), Australian tennis player
- Alana Patience (born 1980), Australian ballroom dancer and two times winner of Dancing with the Stars
- Alana Pedrozo (born 1992), Paraguayan handball player
- Alana Porter (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
- Alana Ramsay (born 1994), Canadian Paralympic alpine skier
- Alana Reid (born 2005), Jamaican sprinter
- Alana Ross, Canadian politician
- Alana Semuels, American journalist
- Alana Shipp (born 1982), Barbadian-American professional bodybuilder
- Alana Smith (born 1999), American tennis player
- Alana Smith (born 2000), American professional skateboarder
- Alana Spencer (born 1992), Welsh entrepreneur
- Alana Stewart (born 1945), American actress and model
- Alana Thomas (born 1982), Australian rugby union player and coach
- Alana Thompson, American child star of the TLC reality TV series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
- Alana Toktarova (born 2003), Kazakh figure skater
- Alana Valentine, Australian playwright, dramatist, librettist, and director
- Alana Wilkinson (born 1991), Australian folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- Alana Woodward (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
Alanah
- Alanah Pearce (born 1993), Australian video game writer and journalist
- Alanah Woody (1956–2007), American archeologist and anthropologist
Alanna
- Alanna (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
- Alanna Arrington (born 1998), American model
- Alanna Bray-Lougheed (born 1993), Canadian sprint kayaker
- Alanna Broderick (born 1980), Jamaican tennis player
- Alanna Clarke, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist
- Alanna Clohesy (born 1962), Australian politician
- Alanna Connors (1956–2013), Hong Kong-American astronomer and statistician
- Alanna Devine, Canadian lawyer
- Alanna Fields (born 1990), American multimedia artist and archivist
- Alanna Goldie (born 1994), Canadian fencer
- Alanna Heiss (born 1943), American pioneer of alternative exhibition space
- Alanna Kennedy (born 1995), Australian soccer player
- Alanna Knight (1923–2020), British writer
- Alanna Koch, Canadian civil servant and politician
- Alanna Kraus (born 1977), Canadian short track speed skater
- Alanna Lockward (1961–2019), Dominican author, curator, and filmmaker
- Alanna Masterson (born 1988), American actress
- Alanna McVey, fictional character from River City
- Alanna Nash (born 1950), American journalist and biographer
- Alanna Nihell (born 1985), Northern Irish boxer
- Alanna Nobbs, Australian historian and current President of the Society for the Study of Early Christianity
- Alanna O'Kelly (born 1955), Irish artist
- Alanna Rizzo (born 1975), American sports reporter
- Alanna Routledge (born 1990), Canadian curler
- Alanna Schepartz (born 1962), American scientist
- Alanna Smith (born 1996), Australian basketball player
- Alanna Ubach (born 1975), American actress
Alannah
- Alannah Beirne (born 1993), Irish fashion model and reality TV personality
- Alannah Currie (born 1957), New Zealand musician from the Thompson Twins
- Alannah Halay (born 1990), British composer and author
- Alannah Hill (born 1962), Australian fashion designer
- Alannah MacTiernan (born 1953), Australian politician
- Alannah Mathews (born 1999), Australian rhythmic gymnast
- Alannah Mikac, Australian girl whose death in the Port Arthur massacre inspired the founding of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation
- Alannah Myles (born 1958), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Alannah Stephenson (born 1996), Irish badminton player
- Alannah Weston (born 1972), Irish-Canadian businesswoman
- Alannah Yip (born 1993), Canadian sports climber
Fictional characters
- Alana, a female Transformer from Transformers: Generation 1
- Alana Beck, from Dear Evan Hansen
- Alanna Mosvani, in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
- Alanna of Trebond, in Tamora Pierce's Tortall novels, beginning with Alanna: The First Adventure
- Alana Reeves, the main character in the novel Forget Me Not by Elizabeth Lowell
- Alana, in the 1990s Australian TV series The Girl from Tomorrow
- Alana Rivera, a recurring antagonist in the second season of the Disney Channel series That's So Raven
- Alana, one of Ariel’s sisters in The Little Mermaid franchise
- Alana Bloom, in the TV series Hannibal
- Alana from the Saga comic book series
- Alanna, an inhabitant of the planet Rann in American comic books published by DC Comics
- Alana Fitzgerald, a character in the Family Guy episode, All About Alana.
- Alhana Starbreeze, character in Dragonlance's saga
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Alana or Alanah
- All pages with titles beginning with Alanna or Alannah
References
- ^ MacKillop, James (23 September 2004). A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198609674.
- ^ "Alawn". Wiktionary (in Welsh). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena (1986). Hawaiian Dictionary. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0500-8.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (in French). Errance. p. 42. ISBN 978-2-87772-237-4.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ MacKillop, James (2004). A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-515442-2.
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