Alanna

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, Alanna, Alannah, Ilana
Pronunciationah-lah-nah
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameIrish/Old High German
Meaning"precious"/"child"
Other names
Variant form(s)Aleana

Alana is also a female given name in the Goidelic/ Hawaiian community meaning fair, beautiful, offering.

Alana, Elana or Ilana can also be a female name in an English translation of Elan or Ilan which in Hebrew means "oak tree".

People with the given name Alana/Alaina/Alanna/Alannah/Alanah

People with given name Alena/Alenah

Fictional characters

  • Alana (Transformers), a female Transformer from Transformers: Generation 1
  • Alanna Mosvani, a fictional character in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
  • Alanna of Trebond, a fictional character 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, a fictional character in the 1990s Australian TV series The Girl from Tomorrow
  • Alana Bloom, a fictional character in the TV series Hannibal
  • Alana from Saga (comic book)
  • 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

References

  1. internhl (2013-10-01). "Adam Levine's Yoga Instructor Reveals How To Stay Fit This Fall". Hollywood Life. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
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