Alana, Alanna, or Alannah is a female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
. It can be derived either from the
Old High German word for "precious" or from the
Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
term ''"a
leanbh"'' for "child".
Alana is also a unisex given name in the
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
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Alaina Lockhart
Alaina Lockhart MP (born May 26, 1974) is a Canadian Liberal politician who represented the riding of Fundy Royal in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2019. She took on the role of Parliamentary Secretary to Small Business and Tourism ...
(born 1974), Canadian politician
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Alana Blanchard, American professional surfer and model
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Alana Boden, English actress
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Alana Bridgewater
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".
Alana is also a unisex given name in the Hawaiian community meani ...
, Canadian singer and actor from the Canadian production of the musical ''
We Will Rock You''
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Alana Evans, American pornographic actress
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Alana Haim, American musician and member of the band Haim
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Alana Henderson, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and cellist
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Alana Mann, food activist
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Alana Paon, Canadian politician
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Alana Patience, Australian ballroom dancer and two times winner of ''Dancing with the Stars''
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Alana Shipp
Alana Shipp (born 1982) is a Barbadan professional female bodybuilder, based in Jerusalem.
Early life
Alana Shipp was born in 1982 in Bridgetown, Barbados to Guyanese parents. She spent her early childhood in Guyana prior to moving to Queens ...
, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
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Alana Thompson, American child star of the TLC reality TV series ''Here Comes Honey Boo Boo''
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Alanah Pearce, Australian video game writer
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Alanah Woody, American archeologist and anthropologist
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Alanna Knight (1923–2020), British writer
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Alanna Kraus
Alanna Kraus (born June 30, 1977 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian short track speed skater. She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in short-track speed skating for the women's 3000 m relay. She c ...
, Canadian skater
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Alanna Goldie (born 1994), Canadian fencer
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Alanna Heiss, American pioneer of alternative exhibition space
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Alanna Masterson, American actress best known for portraying Tara Chambler on ''The Walking Dead'' TV series
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Alanna Nash, American journalist and biographer
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Alanna Nihell (born 1985), Irish boxer
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Alanna Nobbs, Australian historian and current President of the Society for the Study of Early Christianity
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Alanna Rizzo
Alanna Janel Rizzo (born August 8, 1975) is an American sports reporter, who was part of the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast team on Spectrum SportsNet LA from 2013 through 2020. She rejoined MLB Network in 2021.
Biography
Rizzo is a native of C ...
, American sports reporter
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Alanna Schepartz, American scientist
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Alanna Ubach, American actress
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Alannah Currie, New Zealand musician from the Thompson Twins
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Alannah Hill, Australian fashion designer
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Alannah MacTiernan, Australian politician
* Alannah Mikac, Australian girl whose death in the
Port Arthur massacre Port Arthur massacre may refer to:
*Port Arthur massacre (China), an 1894 event in which Japanese troops killed several thousand Chinese in the Liaodong Peninsula
*Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
The Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting t ...
inspired the founding of
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Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter
People with given name Alena/Alenah
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Alena Šeredová, Czech model
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Alena Vránová
Alena Vránová (born 30 July 1932) is a Czech film and theatre actress. At the 1997 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre (Prague). Vránová was recognised with an award for lifetim ...
, Czech actress
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Alena Vrzáňová, Czech sportswoman and figure skater
Fictional characters
* Alana, a female Transformer from ''
Transformers: Generation 1''
*Alana Beck, from
Dear Evan Hansen
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Alanna Mosvani
This article serves as an index of major characters in the fictional setting of Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series, with a description of their main roles or feats in the series. ''The Wheel of Time'' has 2787 distinct named characters ...
, 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
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to:
People
* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
Ships
* HMS Elizabeth, HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* Elisa ...
* Alana, in the 1990s Australian TV series ''
The Girl from Tomorrow''
* Alana, one of Ariel’s sisters in
''The Little Mermaid'' franchise
* Alana Bloom, in the TV series ''
Hannibal
Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...
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* Alana from the ''
Saga
is a series of science fantasy role-playing video games by Square Enix. The series originated on the Game Boy in 1989 as the creation of Akitoshi Kawazu at Square (video game company), Square. It has since continued across multiple platforms, ...
'' 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
''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griff ...
'' episode, All About Alana.
See also
* or Alanah
* or Alannah
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Feminine given names
English feminine given names
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