Alanna

"Alana" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Alana, Iran.

Alana, Alanna, Alannah, Ilana

Pronunciation	ah-lah-nah
Gender	Women Female
Origin
Word/name	Irish/Old High German
Meaning	"precious"/"child"

Alana, Alanna, Alannah is a girl's 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 English. In Gaelic Alanna as itself is the term for "beauty" or "serenity".

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

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

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

• Alana Cousins, American surfer
• Alannah Currie, musician from the Thompson Twins
• Alana Curley, American dancer
• Alanna Heiss, pioneer of alternative exhibition space
• Alannah Hill, Australian fashion designer
• Alanna Kraus, Canadian skater
• Alannah MacTiernan, Australian politician
• Alanna Masterson, an American actress best known for portraying Tara Chambler on The Walking Dead (TV series)
• Alannah Mikac, whose death in the Port Arthur massacre inspired the founding of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation
• Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter
• Alanna Nash, American journalist and biographer
• Alanna Nobbs, Historian and current President of the Society for the Study of Early Christianity
• Alana Patience, ballroom dancer and two times winner of "Dancing with the Stars
• Alanna Schepartz, American scientist
• Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Alana Thompson, child star of the TLC reality TV series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
• Alanna Ubach, Puerto Rican actress
• Alanna Zabel, celebrity yoga instructor and founder of AZIAM Yoga

People with given name Alena/Alenah

• Alena Martanovičová, Slovak model
• Alena Šeredová, Czech model
• Alena Vránová, Czech actress
• Alena Vrzáňová, Czech sportswoman and figure skater

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.
• 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)
• Alana, a sister of the Disney Princess Ariel
• Alana, a friend of Dora the Explorer in the latest series
• The Dolly Alanna, a popular fashion doll from AZIAM's Soul Model collection.

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Alana or Alanah
• All pages with titles beginning with Alanna or Alannah