Alana Forename
8,769th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 117,567 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Alana Forename User-submission:
Derived from an Old High German word for 'precious' or from the Irish language term leanbh, meaning 'child'. In Gaelic Alanna by itself is the term for 'beauty' or 'serenity'.
Alana Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 52,173 | 1:4,106 | 577 |
| United States | 100% | 25,808 | 1:14,047 | 1,328 |
| Russia | 100% | 9,933 | 1:14,521 | 449 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,198 | 1:5,346 | 806 |
| Australia | - | 4,717 | 1:2,895 | 481 |
| England | 100% | 2,852 | 1:19,496 | 1,247 |
| India | 91% | 2,730 | 1:445,010 | 37,049 |
| Iran | 100% | 1,631 | 1:48,128 | 1,789 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,559 | 1:873 | 137 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,212 | 1:4,414 | 448 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,179 | 1:46,253 | 4,895 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,133 | 1:4,004 | 619 |
| Tanzania | 98% | 578 | 1:91,329 | 5,281 |
| Guyana | 100% | 498 | 1:1,533 | 281 |
| Spain | 100% | 406 | 1:114,606 | 3,103 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 371 | 1:4,968 | 565 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Philippines | 97% | 327 | 1:324,188 | 12,381 |
| Wales | 100% | 244 | 1:12,682 | 910 |
| Egypt | 100% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Thailand | 99% | 217 | 1:322,884 | 17,747 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 188 | 1:89,905 | 4,862 |
| France | 100% | 182 | 1:365,222 | 4,553 |
| Ecuador | - | 155 | 1:114,367 | 2,610 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 154 | 1:67,736 | 4,074 |
| Panama | 100% | 145 | 1:26,942 | 2,367 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 141 | 1:125,864 | 3,466 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 129 | 1:1,999,718 | 102,767 |
| Mexico | 99% | 124 | 1:1,001,165 | 8,115 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 101 | 1:299,029 | 9,494 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 88 | 1:346,022 | 16,936 |
| Germany | 100% | 87 | 1:1,111,240 | 8,313 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74% | 72 | 1:113,227 | 10,176 |
| Nepal | 91% | 70 | 1:406,962 | 12,985 |
| Peru | 100% | 65 | 1:489,099 | 8,795 |
| Ireland | 100% | 63 | 1:73,707 | 2,074 |
| Nigeria | 88% | 58 | 1:3,061,454 | 52,972 |
| Chile | 100% | 57 | 1:308,898 | 4,655 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 56 | 1:3,470,673 | 38,610 |
| Colombia | 100% | 55 | 1:868,708 | 10,541 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Barbados | - | 53 | 1:5,468 | 794 |
| Grenada | 100% | 53 | 1:2,040 | 431 |
| Namibia | - | 49 | 1:49,065 | 3,078 |
| Belarus | 100% | 48 | 1:197,550 | 1,711 |
| Honduras | 100% | 42 | 1:209,940 | 4,791 |
| China | - | 40 | 1:34,151,395 | 61,321 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 97% | 40 | 1:2,790 | 540 |
| Jamaica | - | 35 | 1:82,378 | 3,815 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 31 | 1:1,467,739 | 4,233 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 30 | 1:158,932 | 4,109 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 26 | 1:6,839 | 1,067 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 25 | 1:950,787 | 37,589 |
| Cameroon | 68% | 24 | 1:900,438 | 24,542 |
| Italy | 100% | 24 | 1:2,544,254 | 16,267 |
| Sweden | 100% | 24 | 1:410,746 | 11,228 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 23 | 1:244,677 | 4,676 |
| Romania | 100% | 22 | 1:911,453 | 21,217 |
| Singapore | 100% | 21 | 1:299,384 | 9,476 |
| Belgium | 100% | 19 | 1:604,739 | 9,016 |
| Croatia | 100% | 19 | 1:221,951 | 3,696 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 18 | 1:190,424 | 3,622 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:6,456 | 983 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Hong Kong | - | 14 | 1:553,766 | 4,519 |
| Israel | 100% | 14 | 1:600,208 | 10,774 |
| Georgia | 82% | 13 | 1:287,574 | 6,675 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 12 | 1:603,067 | 5,347 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 12 | 1:204,896 | 3,859 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 10 | 1:964,294 | 14,459 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10 | 1:355,030 | 3,308 |
| Uganda | 67% | 10 | 1:4,095,692 | 39,987 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,177,934 | 3,617 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 8 | 1:511,905 | 10,283 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Niger | 71% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 7 | 1:82,994 | 4,768 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Finland | 100% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 5 | 1:105,830 | 3,482 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 4 | 1:3,855,954 | 74,439 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 3 | 1:20,433 | 1,694 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Congo | 50% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Senegal | 50% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Alaña (118) are calculated separately.
Alana (3,488) may also be a surname.
Alana Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Derived from an Old High German word for 'precious' or from the Irish language term leanbh, meaning 'child'. In Gaelic Alanna by itself is the term for 'beauty' or 'serenity'.
- alanawalkupAlan is a name of Celtic origin, which refers to 'harmony', 'nobility' and 'joy'.
Alanis, Alannis, and Alana are feminine version of this name.
- alanisThis name derived from the Irish term a leanbh, meaning 'serenity' and 'beauty' in Gaelic.
- alannahxcvAlana Forename Popularity
Alana Demographics
Alana Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 135 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Alana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alana in the Russian language | ||
| Алана | alana | - |
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