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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Attractive, peaceful
  • Hawaiian : Offering; Feminine form of Alan

Girl name variations

Alana

Alana

+ 6% this year
Feminine
Common
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Alaina

Alaina

- 5% this year
Feminine
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Alanna

Alanna

- 3% this year
Feminine
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Allanah

Allanah

+ 50% this year
Feminine
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Allannah

Allannah

0 % this year
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Alani

Alani

+ 29% this year
Feminine
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Alania

Alania

- 33% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Alyn

Alyn

+ 70% this year
Feminine
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Allyn

Allyn

0 % this year
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How Popular Is The Name Alanis

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (Alanís) and Portuguese : variant of Alaniz.
  • Greek : from alani ‘open space’, ‘square’ (Turkish alan), a nickname for an idler, someone whose time was spent loafing around in the square of a town or village.

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