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Eliana
Say it: el-ee-AH-nuh
Meaning
From Hebrew, 'my God has answered' (eli 'my God' and anah 'to answer'); in Latin countries it is also a feminine of the Roman name Aelianus.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in Israel, southern Europe and Latin America, and rising in the US from the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 46,759 babies given this name since 1961
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 396 girls
- 4,038 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Elianna, Eliyana
| French | Éliane |
|---|---|
| Italian | Eliana |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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