Girl · English (modern coinage)
Alayna
Say it: uh-LAY-nuh
Meaning
A modern spelling of Alaina, a feminine of Alan, a name of uncertain Breton or Celtic origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Rose in the US in the 2000s and 2010s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 30,313 babies given this name since 1945
- At its height in 2013, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 1,205 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Alaina
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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