Alanna
| Pronunciation | ah-lah-nah |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Irish/Old High German |
| Meaning | "precious"/"child" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Aleana |
Alana, Alanna or Alannah is a female given name. It can be derived either from the Old High German word for "precious" or from the Irish language term "a leanbh" for "child". In Gaelic Alanna is the term for "beauty" or "serenity".
Alana is also a female given name in the Goidelic/Hawaiian community meaning fair, beautiful, offering, “harmony”. In Aramaic, Alanna means "high", "elevated" or "exalted".
People with the given name Alana/Alaina/Alanna/Alannah/Alanah[]
- Alaina Lockhart (born 1974), Canadian politician
- Alana Blanchard, American professional surfer and model
- , Canadian singer and actor from the Canadian production of the musical We Will Rock You
- Alana Evans, American pornographic actress
- Alana Haim, American musician and member of the band Haim
- Alana Henderson, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and cellist
- Alana Mann, food activist
- Alana Paon, Canadian politician
- Alana Patience, Australian ballroom dancer and two times winner of Dancing with the Stars
- Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Alana Thompson, American child star of the TLC reality TV series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
- Alanah Pearce, Australian video game writer
- Alanah Woody, American archeologist and anthropologist
- Alanna Knight (1923–2020), British writer
- Alanna Kraus, Canadian skater
- Alanna Goldie (born 1994), Canadian fencer
- Alanna Heiss, American pioneer of alternative exhibition space
- Alanna Masterson, American actress best known for portraying Tara Chambler on The Walking Dead TV series
- Alanna Nash, American journalist and biographer
- Alanna Nihell (born 1985), Irish boxer
- Alanna Nobbs, Australian historian and current President of the Society for the Study of Early Christianity
- Alanna Rizzo, American sports reporter
- Alanna Schepartz, American scientist
- Alanna Ubach, American actress
- Alannah Currie, New Zealand musician from the Thompson Twins
- Alannah Hill, Australian fashion designer
- Alannah MacTiernan, Australian politician
- Alannah Mikac, Australian girl whose death in the Port Arthur massacre inspired the founding of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation
- Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter
People with given name Alena/Alenah[]
- Alena Šeredová, Czech model
- Alena Vránová, Czech actress
- Alena Vrzáňová, Czech sportswoman and figure skater
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, one of Ariel’s sisters in The Little Mermaid
- 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
See also[]
- All pages with titles beginning with Alana or Alanah
- All pages with titles beginning with Alanna or Alannah
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