Alianah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four 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
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alianah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 40 babies in 2012, so it is a 2010s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Alianah

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 Alianah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alanahfair, bright; a form of Alana153 in the US (2017)
  • Alinahvariant of Alina, noble or exalted32 in the US (2017)
  • Allanahfair, bright; a form of Alana4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aliana324 in the US (2017)
  • Aliannah37 in the US (2017)
  • Arianah23 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alianah

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

  • Alyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah83 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaniavariant of Alania or Alana, fair or bright32 in the US (2017)
  • Alyonabright light; russian form of helena14 in the US (2017)
  • Ailianaa form of Aileen or Aliana7 in the US (2017)
  • Alianna240 in the US (2017)
  • Alyanna111 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alianah

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