Alana is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #10943 in 2003 with 5 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 7 births ranking #8956. In 2003, approximately 1 in every 395,054 boys born was named Alana. STABLE Recent data shows the name is currently stable.
Alana is a feminine form of Alan used in English and Breton. It has a soft modern feel, but its deeper meaning depends on the older name Alan rather than a separate root of its own.
Although Alana is now familiar as an independent girls' name, it belongs to the wider Alan family. That matters because Alan itself has an uncertain early history, with more than one explanation proposed by name scholars.