Alanna
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Alanna, Alanah or Alannah is a given name which has disputed origins. It can be either derived from the Old High German word for "precious" or from the Irish language term "a leanbh" or "child", in English. It's sometimes considered a feminine form of Alan.
Alana is a common female given name coming from the Goidelic / Hawaiian community meaning fair, beautiful, offering. It also an Ibo given name which means father land or father's land in Igbo language.
[edit] People with the given name Alana/Alanna/Alannah/Alanah
- Alana Blanchard, American surfer
- Alanna Kraus, a Canadian skater
- Alanna Nash, an American journalist and biographer
- Alanna Ubach, a Puerto Rican actress
- Alannah Currie, a musician from the Thompson Twins
- Alannah Myles, a Canadian singer-songwriter
[edit] 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 is the main character in the novel Forget Me Not by Elizabeth Lowell.
[edit] See also
- All pages beginning with "Alana" or Alanah
- All pages beginning with "Alanna" or Alannah
