Aleana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 36 babies a year in the US.
Aleana by the numbers
Aleana was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 38 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Aleana
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 Aleana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alanafair, bright; feminine form of Alan1,432 in the US (2017)
- Aleenabright, shining; a form of Helen or Alena150 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alenabright, shining; form of Helen462 in the US (2017)
- Aleynabright, shining; a form of Alena or Alana32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Allanafair, beautiful; a form of Alana65 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Aleana
Names that are said the same way as Aleana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alainabright; a form of Alaina or Alana1,660 in the US (2017)
- Alinabright; a form of Alina or Aline1,650 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)
- Alannahfair, beautiful; a form of Alanna52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanahfair, bright; a form of Alana153 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aleana
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