Eldana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in England and Wales.
Eldana by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Eldana. In the US, 35 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 59 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Eldana
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 Eldana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elianamy God has answered736 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elanaoak tree; variant of Ilana127 in the US (2017)
- Elyanabright, shining light; a form of Helen or Eliana39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eleanabright, shining light; a form of Helen8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elhanagod is gracious; a form of Hannah3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellana27 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Eldana
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