Eliana
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| Gender | Female |
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| Related names | Elian, Eliane, Ileana, Iliana, Iljana, Liane, Lianne, Liana, Elyana, Eli, Eleana, Eliah, Elijah, Elliana, Elianna, Elianah, Eliena, Elienna, Elienah, Éliane, Elia, Elio, Ellen, Helen, Eileen, |
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Eliana, אֶלִיעַנָה (Hebrew), Ηλιάνα (Greek), إليانا (Arabic), is a female given name found with that spelling in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
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[edit] Origin & Meaning
Many sources derive it from Hebrew, literally translated as "My God has answered me."[1] It is composed of three Hebrew elements: EL, meaning GOD; ANA, meaning ANSWERED; and the Yud, located after EL, indicating first person possession.[2] Biblical sources: "And he erected there an altar, and called it El- [God] elohe-Israel [El, the God of the Patriarch Israel]" (Genesis 33:20). "And Efron answered [ana] Abraham, saying unto him," (Genesis 23:14).[1]
It can also be derived from the Late Latin Aeliāna, the feminine form of the Latin family name Aeliānus (of the sun), which is derived from the Greek hēlios (sun).[3]
Moreover, it is related to the Greek name Helene, and would thus be one of the many forms derived from that Greek name, such as Elaine from Old French. In Arabic, it is translated as "the Bright"[citation needed].
[edit] Popularity
In the United States, Eliana first appeared on the charts in the 1990s, spurred by the momentum of popular names like Ella, and Anna. In recent years Eliana has become an even more popular name, ranking in the top 1,000 female names for the past sixteen years. Most recently, it ranked the 203rd most popular name used by females in the United States for 2008, according to the Social Security Administration.
Popularity of the female name Eliana in the United States.
| Year | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 203 |
| 2007 | 251 |
| 2006 | 282 |
| 2005 | 302 |
| 2004 | 314 |
| 2003 | 346 |
| 2002 | 393 |
| 2001 | 493 |
| 2000 | 537 |
| 1999 | 624 |
| 1998 | 282 |
| 1997 | 282 |
Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.
[edit] People named Eliana
[edit] Saints
Saint Eliana was a minor Roman martyr from Pontus. [5] A trace of the cult of holy Eliana is in the chapel of Sacred Relics from the Cottolengo of Turin which keeps the wax statue of the martyr. Her story is given in the Bibliotheca Sanctorum and her feastday is listed as August 18 in the Martirologio Siriaco and the Martirologio Geronimiano.[4] The name Eliana was promulgated by devotees of this saint.
[edit] Models
[edit] Actresses
[edit] Entertainers
- Eliana (born 1973), Brazilian TV hostess
- Hilda Eliana Tenorio Patiño (born 1986), Mexican bullfighter in the Spanish Language Wikipedia
[edit] Other uses
[edit] Places
- L'Eliana, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain
[edit] Media
- Eliana the romantic novel by Samuel Pordage;
- Eliana, Eliana, an Indonesian film directed by Riri Riza;
[edit] References
- ^ a b [1], ELIANA is from the Hebrew, meaning MY GOD HAS ANSWERED (Kolatch, Alfred J. 1994. The New Name Dictionary - Modern English and Hebrew Names. Middle Village: Jonathan David. 110)
- ^ [2], ELIANA is composed of three Hebrew elements. EL, meaning GOD (Alcalay, R. The Complete Hebrew English Dictionary. Jerusalem: Massada. 90); ANA, meaning ANSWERED (Alcalay, R. The Complete Hebrew English Dictionary. Jerusalem: Massada. 1925); and the Yud, located after EL, indicating first person possession.
- ^ [3], Norman, Teresa. A World of Baby Names. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. 460.
- ^ [4] Description of the relics of Santa Eliana
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