Alana

I had a best friend by this name, and she was a very nice girl! She pronounced it uh-lah-nuh, which is my favorite pronunciation. Alana is not a very common name, but it's pretty, and I like how it has a rather unique sound to it compared to other names. This is also my favorite spelling of Alana.

Alana is a really nice name and it’s not very popular where I live. As someone else said, it gives off a surfer girl/skateboarder vibe. I can imagine a pretty girl with long blondish beach waves named Alana. This name also gives me party girl vibes. It’s the perfect 90s or early 2000s name. Allie and Lana are great nicknames, and I’m sure you could make up other cool/funny nicknames for this name.

Beautiful.

Nice beautiful name.

My name is Alanah (I have a h on the end which I prefer), and I've always thought it's a weird name that doesn't feel real, but maybe that's just because it's my name and I get impostor syndrome or something. It just seems so plain... but it's not a bad name. I looked up the meaning for Alanah and with an h it's Hawaiian which makes me like it a lot better for some reason haha. I would kinda prefer to go by Allie or something but I can't be bothered getting people to call me that and it would feel weird but yeaaaaa.

Alana is a very beautiful name! I love it.

I prefer Lana.

It's nice.

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It's a bit 80s/90s/early 00s dated and very skateboard/surfer-ish.

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I like it.

Really pretty and unique. It sort of reminds me of a rabbit.

I like the name Alana, and I love that it is being used a lot more in the UK. Alanna is also another spelling. I know a girl named Ellana.

Alana is my girlfriend’s name and it’s pronounced (uh-LON-uh). I think it’s a beautiful name.

I like Alana, but agree Aliana is prettier.

Very pretty. I prefer Aliana (pronounced Alee ana), but both are beautiful!

This name is really, really beautiful in my opinion. A nickname for this could be 'Lana', which I think is just as pretty as Alana! If your name is Alana, you are very lucky to have such a stunning name.

This name is very special :)

My name is Alana, I kinda like it, it’s pronounced Al-an-a. People at school always called me Alana Banana and I hate it, little kids have also come up to me and started singing Alana-oh na na, Alana-oh na na, my heart is in Alana, Alana, Alana-oh na na...
They basically sing Havana and say Alana instead of Havana, I also hate when they do this.

I've only ever heard it pronounced "uh-LAY-nuh," but I do like both pronunciations. It's a cute name.

This name is growing on me, I like it only if pronounced ah-lah-nah.

Beautiful name.

Very nice.

I like both pronunciations of this name and I used to like this spelling of it, but now I think it looks slightly better spelled Alaina.

I love names that end with a, and its meaning is nice.

My name is spelled Alanah, and it is pronounced uh-LAH-na, and I agree that I too hate it when teachers mispronounce my name. Especially when there's a substitute, and they haven't been corrected by me yet, so they say, "uh-LAY-na". Finally I get so tired of correcting them, I just give up and say, "here". I also find it very inconvenient when I'm meeting new people and they never remember my name. It does mean beautiful or something along those lines, which would be nice if I actually applied to it!

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And I've been nicknamed 'Alanah banana' by my friends which I love!

Not a fan of this. It sounds kinda vapid, and of course there's the association with Honey Boo Boo from that trashy reality show.

My name is Alana and I love the name. It's beautiful, but some people interpret it the wrong way and think you're a llama.

I named my baby girl Allanaa, because it sounds good and has a good meaning...

I hate that this name has been ruined for me by people I know with it. I like it otherwise, but every Alana/Elana that I've known has been awful. Hopefully I'll meet someone that will fix it for me, because I really like the sound.

My name is Alana, but it's spelt Alarna because my parents wanted people to call me A-lar-na not A-lan-a. I have always liked my name, even though I've always thought it sounds a little weird. My friends call me Alley or AJ (my initials) for short, because it's a bit of a mouthful saying a three syllable word constantly! I don't know anyone with this name, nor anyone who spells it like I do, so it feels odd being in a chat room full of people who have the same name as me!

We loved this name, until we tried spelling it backwards...

My name is allanah but spelt differently. I have always loved my name. I think it is very beautiful.

Honey Boo Boo ruined this name for me. Now I can't see it without thinking about those disgusting and inappropriate child beauty pageants.

My daughter's name is Alana. Yes, it is not a popular name and I am sure many people will mispronounce it throughout her life. Her name is pronounced Ah-Lah-Na. It is NOT pronounced Ah-Lay-Na. I think both versions are lovely. Being from Latin America myself and living in the US, I am used to Americans repeatedly mispronouncing foreign names, especially if they don't speak another language, or have limited exposure to diversity. People should not shy away from giving their children a name they love because it will be mispronounced by strangers. People from other countries suffer this situation throughout their lives and they continue to take pride in their names and to continue to give their children culturally meaningful Non-American names? Being teased because of a name?... trust me, kids will find SOMETHING to tease your child about. :-) Alana in my opinion is a very musical name--it sounds peaceful and feminine. Great nicknames for a girl named Alana would be Lana, Laney, Ana, or Alley.

Growing up, my grandpa, who I was very close to, always called me "Alana" in place of my real first name (Rylie) because he always thought that I looked more like an "Alana" than a "Rylie" I always thought it was funny that he called me by that name and not my real one, so I would always smile when he would say things like "How was school today, Alana?" or "Alana, can you pass me the horseradish?"
His health is slowly declining, and, God forbid, it doesn't look as if he will make it much longer, so in the future, I plan on naming my daughter Alana, in rememberance of my beloved grandpa :)

I LOVE this name. It's so pretty.

The only pronunciation of this name I like is uh-LAN-uh (rhymes with Hannah).

Alana is a nice name. Not too trendy which is cool.

This is my name and I love it! It's a fairly unusual name which I like, unfortunatly this does tend to lead to mis-pronunciations (I have the Celtic pronunciation (ah-lah-na). It's easy, just sound it out! :P I've also come across a handful of teachers etc who cannot grasp the simple spelling! However, one of my pet hates is the shortening of my name to Lana, that's not my name so I don't answer to it!

This my name. =) I like it most of the time, except I have two friends named Deanna and Rhianna, and sometimes our names get mixed up. I also know people named Bryanna and Kianna. ^_^

It has a great sound pronounced a-lan-ah.

This is my name. I love it because it always has a good meaning (it's Irish and means beautiful fair, etc. And some sites say it is also Hawaiian and basically means the same thing). I'm named after my dad who I don't really get along with, which is the only downfall besides wrong pronunciations and spellings.

I was named this (I'm of the Uh-LAH-nah pronunciation), and I've always HATED having it for a name. No one can pronounce it, no one can spell it, and it's appalling how many people seem to MILITANTLY believe this is not a real name--I had a teacher who insisted on spelling and pronouncing my name Elena, the entire year, and I've had so many people, even after being corrected or specifically asking me the spelling/pronunciation calling me Ee-lay-nah/El-layne-uh/whatever else anyway. It's as if they're doing it for spite because they don't consider it a proper name. I also had a boss who'd named his daughter the same thing (it might have been spelled Alona though) and insisted on continually lecturing me on how my name was Hawaaian in origin and refusing to believe mine was the Celtic version. I go by Lana now, just to avoid the mispronouncing and "That's really your name?! disbelief.

My name is Alana (uh lah na), and I've been called Alana Banana (so embarassing) but besides that I think the name is pretty cool and I'm loving the meanings.

I think the name Alana would sound pretty like this: alan-a - a bit like Elena.

I like this name; very simple and elegant. I always pronounced it 'Ah-lah-nah'. There is also a character on the show The 4400 named 'Alana' with this pronuncation, I think.

Hate Alan, LOVE Alana. No Allannahs or Allaneahs, please, stick with Alana!

I love it! So pretty, my daughter's name will be Carys Alana.

Alana is a beautiful name for a girl. Easy to grow up with too. I prefer this spelling the best.

I have always liked this name, a-LAN-a. I only know of one person with this name. Nice that it isn't an overly used name.

I named my daughter Alana Yayra which means beautiful blessing, Alana Irish meaning Beautiful and Yayra Ewe Ghana African meaning blessing.

I think the name Alana is quite weird, haha. My dad's name is Alan so I guess I shouldn't diss the name too much because I'm named after him. I guess it's not too bad. There's not many people I know of with the same name. :)