Meaning: Its source is Adal, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Precious."

Variant Forms: Lanna

Popularity: The name Alanna ranked 485th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 1582nd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.

Narrative: This name could come from the Gaelic ailin, meaning ''little rock.'' In addition, the Irish Gaelic use of this name probably derives from the Gaelic phrase a leanbh, which was used to call a child. In Hawaiian, it means awakening