Alana vs. Alanna vs. Alannah

• 10-01-2009 10:09 AM

  Shell Beth Esq. Joined on 12-28-2007 Syracuse NY Posts 82

  Alana vs. Alanna vs. Alannah Reply Contact As I said in a previous post we are leaning toward the name Alana if we have a girl but I have seen it spelled three different ways.  Behindthename.com (which I learned was a great authority on actual meanings from someone on here when I was trying to find names for my last baby) says Alana and Alanna are English and a form of Alan, Alannah is a variant of Alana but it was influenced from a Gaelic phrase which means “O child”.  I like that meaning better than the meaning of Alan which is “little rock” or “handsome” but Alannah is a variant of Alana so I am guessing Alana is the more “true form”.  Which do you guys prefer?

• 10-01-2009 1:05 PM

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  sailin9 Joined on 12-23-2005 Ontario, Canada Posts 237	Re: Alana vs. Alanna vs. Alannah Reply Contact I like the look of Alannah spelling better. It seems to have more "substance" behind it. I wouldn't worry about the meanings too much. No one walks around saying "hi, my name is O child".

• 10-01-2009 8:32 PM

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  AmiJanell Joined on 01-16-2007 Dawson Edward Born 7/15/08 Minnesota Posts 1,786	Re: Alana vs. Alanna vs. Alannah Reply Contact I like Alannah the best On another site it says that Alannah means "precious" and is Old German and that it also might be a term of endearment... O child. And Alanna and Alana are also Old German and Hawiian and means "precious; awakening"

• 10-01-2009 8:45 PM

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  Aleraninde Joined on 08-16-2006 Posts 1,993	Re: Alana vs. Alanna vs. Alannah Reply Contact I like that 'O child' part of Alannah =] very cute. I vote Alannah. If I were to choose based on looks alone I'd go the simple Alana, but Alannah has a nice extra meaning.

• 10-03-2009 11:00 AM

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  BrittanyandCedsBaby Joined on 07-31-2006 CA Mommy to Gideon, Wife to Cedric, Due 1/22/10 Posts 959	Re: Alana vs. Alanna vs. Alannah Reply Contact Personally, I like Alanna. IMO it all means the same thing, you can spell it however you want and it's the same name.