Ailanny

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
#932
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ailanny by the numbers

Ailanny was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Ailanny

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ailanny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ailanychieftess; a recent coinage52 in the US (2017)
  • Alanny10 in the US (2017)
  • Ailanni7 in the US (2017)
  • Alannafair; beautiful; a form of Alana563 in the US (2017)
  • Ailanichief or high chief277 in the US (2017)
  • Ariannymost holy; a form of Arianna116 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ailanny

Names that are said the same way as Ailanny, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aulaniroyal messenger81 in the US (2017)
  • Ahlanifrom the ocean or heavenly52 in the US (2017)
  • Alannifair, beautiful; a form of Alana48 in the US (2017)
  • Alonimy oak tree36 in the US (2017)
  • Alanienoble; a form of Alana28 in the US (2017)
  • Alani713 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ailanny

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