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Alanna

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Alana
Pronunciationah-lah-nah or a-lan-a
GenderFemale, unisex (Hawaii)
Origin
Word/nameIrish/Old High German
Meaning"precious"/"child"
Other names
Variant form(s)Aleana

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Alana, Alanna, Alannah or Ilana 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 "my child".[1]

Alana is also a unisex given name in the Hawaiian community meaning fair, beautiful, offering, “harmony”.[citation needed] In Aramaic, Alanna means "high", "elevated" or "exalted".[citation needed]

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

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Alaina

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Alana

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Alanah

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  • Alanah Pearce (born 1993), Australian video game writer and journalist
  • Alanah Woody (1956–2007), American archeologist and anthropologist

Alanna

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Alannah

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People with given name Alena/Alenah

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Fictional characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dolan, Terence Patrick (2020-09-11). A Dictionary of Hiberno-English. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7171-9074-4.