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Girl · Hebrew (modern spelling)
Elliana
Say it: el-ee-AH-nuh
Meaning
A modern spelling of Eliana, from Hebrew 'my God has answered', also felt as an elaboration of Ellie.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose in the US in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 17,210 babies given this name since 1986
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 799 girls
- 2,000 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Eliana, Elianna
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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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