Alannah

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alannah is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name60 records spelled Alannah9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Poland, Canada

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Alanna, Аланна

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alannah is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from the Celtic languages.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English (esp. U.S.): respelling of ALANA , possibly influenced by names of Hebrew origin such as HANNAH and Susannah (see SUSANNA ) and by the Anglo-Irish term of endearment alannah (Gaelic a leanbh O child).

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 43 years between 1948–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alannah O'Sullivanb. 1951NZNew Zealand actress and scriptwriter (1951— )
• Alannah MacTiernanb. 1953AUAustralian politician
• Alannah Currieb. 1957NZNew Zealand musician
• Alannah Mylesb. 1958CACanadian singer and songwriter
• Lady Alannah Browneb. 1980GByoungest daughter of Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, and Jennifer Cooper; born 1980
• Alannah Yipb. 1993CACanadian sport climber
• Alannah Stephensonb. 1996GBIrish badminton player
• Alannah Rosewoodb. 1996AUAustralian association football player
• Alannah McEvoyb. 2001IEIrish association football player
• Alannah Binottoice dancer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 335 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alannah?

We estimate roughly 5.7 thousand people bear Alannah (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Alannah have the most bearers?

Alannah is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled alannah.

How common is Alannah compared with other names?

In Ireland, Alannah is the 218th most common given name of 13,994 given names recorded there.

Is Alannah a male or female name?

Alannah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alannah mean?

Recorded meaning: Variant spelling of Alanna, possibly influenced by names of Hebrew origin such as Hannah and Susannah and by the Anglo-Irish term of endearment alannah (Gaelic a leanbh ‘O child’).