Ellana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.
Ellana by the numbers
Ellana was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ellana
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 Ellana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elianamy God has answered736 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellianamy God has answered; a form of Eliana1,370 in the US (2017)
- Elanaoak tree; variant of Ilana127 in the US (2017)
- Elyanabright, shining light; a form of Helen or Eliana39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellyanamy god is yahweh; a form of Eliana76 in the US (2017)
- Ellenabright light; a form of Helen65 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ellana
Names that are said the same way as Ellana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)
- Elainabright light; a form of Helen1,137 in the US (2017)
- Elinabright shining light; form of Helen69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elaynabright light; a form of Helen185 in the US (2017)
- Eleanabright, shining light; a form of Helen8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elleanabright light; form of Eleanor or Helen22 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ellana
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