Alana, Alanna, or Alannah is a female given name. It can be derived either from the Old High German word for "precious" or from the Irish language term "a leanbh" for "child". Alana is also a unisex given name in the Hawaiian community meaning fair, beautiful, offering, “harmony”. In Aramaic, Alanna means "high", "elevated" or "exalted". People with the given name Alana/Alaina/Alanna/Alannah/Alanah Alaina Lockhart (born 1974), Canadian politician Alana Blanchard, American professional surfer and model Alana Boden, English actress Alana Bridgewater, Canadian singer and actor from the Canadian production of the musical We Will Rock You Alana Evans, American pornographic actress Alana Haim, American musician and member of the band Haim Alana Henderson, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and cellist Alana Mann, food activist Alana Paon, Canadian politician Alana Patience, Australian ballroom dancer and two times winner of Dancing with the Stars Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder Alana Thompson, American child star of the TLC reality TV series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Alanah Pearce, Australian video game writer Alanah Woody, American archeologist and anthropologist Alanna Knight (1923–2020), British writer Alanna Kraus, Canadian skater Alanna Goldie (born 1994), Canadian fencer Alanna Heiss, American pioneer of alternative exhibition space Alanna Masterson, American actress best known for portraying Tara Chambler on The Walking Dead TV series Alanna Nash, American journalist and biographer Alanna Nihell (born 1985), Irish boxer Alanna Nobbs, Australian historian and current President of the Society for the Study of Early Christianity Alanna Rizzo, American sports reporter Alanna Schepartz, American scientist Alanna Ubach, American actress Alannah Currie, New Zealand musician from the Thompson Twins Alannah Hill, Australian fashion designer Alannah MacTiernan, Australian politician Alannah Mikac, Australian girl whose death in the Port Arthur massacre inspired the founding of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter People with given name Alena/Alenah Alena Šeredová, Czech model Alena Vránová, Czech actress Alena Vrzáňová, Czech sportswoman and figure skater Fictional characters Alana, a female Transformer from Transformers: Generation 1 Alana Beck, from Dear Evan Hansen Alanna Mosvani, in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series Alanna of Trebond, in Tamora Pierce's Tortall novels, beginning with Alanna: The First Adventure Alana Reeves, the main character in the novel Forget Me Not by Elizabeth Lowell Alana, in the 1990s Australian TV series The Girl from Tomorrow Alana, one of Ariel’s sisters in The Little Mermaid franchise Alana Bloom, in the TV series Hannibal Alana from the