Alaina
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning bright; a form of Alaina or Alana.
How Alaina has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #176 |
| 2016 | #184 |
| 2017 | #182 |
| 2018 | #202 |
| 2019 | #186 |
| 2020 | #197 |
| 2021 | #201 |
| 2022 | #202 |
| 2023 | #218 |
| 2024 | #212 |
| 2025 | #224 |
Alaina by the numbers
In 2025, 49 babies in England and Wales were named Alaina. In the US, 1,660 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,998 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Alaina
Forms of Alaina in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Alana
Like Alaina, each of these traces back to Alana: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Lanabright or fair; a form of Helen or Alana185 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanisfair, bright; a form of Alana110 in the US (2017)
- Alonnafair; beautiful; a form of Alana73 in the US (2017)
- Alaynahfair, bright; a modern respelling of Alana14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Allanafair, beautiful; a form of Alana65 in the US (2017)
- Alannifair, beautiful; a form of Alana48 in the US (2017)
- Alaniavariant of Alania or Alana, fair or bright32 in the US (2017)
- Alanienoble; a form of Alana28 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alaina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alinabright; a form of Alina or Aline1,650 in the US (2017)
- Alanafair, bright; feminine form of Alan1,432 in the US (2017)
- Alaynafair, bright; a form of Alana1,373 in the US (2017)
- Alannafair; beautiful; a form of Alana563 in the US (2017)
- Aleinabright; a form of Alina or Alaina59 in the US (2017)
- Alahnafair, bright; a modern respelling of Alana or Alaina40 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alaina
Names that are said the same way as Alaina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aleenabright, shining; a form of Helen or Alena150 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alenabright, shining; form of Helen462 in the US (2017)
- Alannahfair, beautiful; a form of Alanna52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanahfair, bright; a form of Alana153 in the US (2017)
- Aleynabright, shining; a form of Alena or Alana32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alynabright; a form of Alina or Aline124 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Alaina, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Alaina
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