Eliana


Eliana Assyrian/Akkadian, אֱלִיעָנָה, Ηλιάνα, إليانا, is a female given name found with that spelling in Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Origin & meaning

Many sources derive it from via Hebrew, from Akkadian/Assyrian, literally translated as "My God has answered me." It is composed of three Hebrew elements: EL, meaning GOD; ANA, meaning ANSWERED; and the Yud, located after EL, indicating first person possession. Biblical sources: "And he erected there an altar, and called it El- elohe-Israel ". "And Efron answered Abraham, saying unto him,".
It can also be derived from the Late Latin Aeliāna, the feminine form of the Latin family name Aeliānus, which is derived from the Greek hēlios.
Moreover, it is related to the Greek name Helene, and would thus be one of the many forms derived from that Greek name, such as Elaine from Old French.
Some variants include Iliana, Ileana, and Eleana.
In Arabic, it is translated as "the Bright".

Popularity

In the United States, Eliana first appeared on the charts in the 1990s, spurred by the momentum of popular names like Ella, and Anna. In recent years Eliana has become an even more popular name, ranking in the top 1,000 female names for the past sixteen years. Most recently, it ranked the 93rd most popular name used by females in the United States for 2016, according to the Social Security Administration, breaking into the top 100 most popular girls' names for the first time.
Popularity of the female name Eliana in the United States.
YearRank
201883
201788
201693
2015102
2014117
2013125
2012145
2011155
2008203
2007251
2006282
2005302
2004314
2003346
2002393
2001493
2000537
1999624
1998282
1997282

Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

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