Elianna, אֱלִיעָנָה (

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), Ηλιάνα (

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), إليانا (

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), is a female given name found with that spelling in

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Origin & meaning

Many sources derive it from

, literally translated as "My God has answered."
, ELIAnNA is from the Aramaic and Hebrew words, meaning MY GOD HAS ANSWERED ( Alfred J. Kolatch, Kolatch, Alfred J. 1994. The New Name Dictionary - Modern English and Hebrew Names. Middle Village: Jonathan David. 110) It is composed of three Hebrew elements: '' EL'', meaning GOD; ''ANA'', meaning HE HAS ANSWERED; and the Yud, located after ''EL'', indicating first person possession.
, ELIANAH is composed of three Hebrew elements. ELI, meaning GOD (Alcalay, R. The Complete Hebrew English Dictionary. Jerusalem: Massada. 90); ANAH, meaning ANSWERED (Alcalay, R. The Complete Hebrew English Dictionary. Jerusalem: Massada. 1925); and the Yud, located after EL, indicating first person possession. Biblical sources: "And he erected there an altar, and called it El- odelohe-Israel l, the God of the Patriarch Israel (). "And Efron answered

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Abraham, saying unto him," ().
, ELIANA is from the Aramaic and Hebrew words, meaning MY GOD HAS ANSWERED ( Alfred J. Kolatch, Kolatch, Alfred J. 1994. The New Name Dictionary - Modern English and Hebrew Names. Middle Village: Jonathan David. 110) It can also be derived from the Late Latin Aelian (disambiguation), Aeliāna, the feminine form of the Latin family name Aeliānus (of the sun), which is derived from the Greek hēlios (

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).
, Norman, Teresa. A World of Baby Names. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. 460. Moreover, it is related to the Greek name Helene (name), Helene, and would thus be one of the many forms derived from that Greek name, such as Elaine from

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. Some variants include Iliana, Ileana, and Eleana.

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 and has ranked among the top 50 names given to newborn American girls. It was the 41st most popular name in that country for girls in 2022. Popularity of the female name Eliana in the United States. 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.

Notable people with the name

*Eliana Aleixo, Brazilian volleyball player *Eliana Alexander, Mexican actress *Eliana Benador, Swiss-American consultant *Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, Brazilian actress, known mononymously as ''Eliana'' *

Eliana Bórmida Eliana Bórmida (born 29 July 1946) is an Argentine architect, co-owner of the Bórmida & Yanzón studio, based in Mendoza, Argentina and specializing in wine cellars. Since 1988 the studio has worked on projects for more than 30 wineries, which h ...

, Argentine architect *

Eliana Cardoso Eliana Anastasia Cardoso (born 28 February 1944) is a professor of economics at the São Paulo School of Economics. She worked at both the World Bank and the IMF. She holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massach ...

, Brazilian professor *

Eliana Chávez Eliana Chávez Valencia (born 28 December 1997) is a Colombian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 South American Games. Her personal best in the event is 53.74 seconds set in C ...

, Colombian sprinter *

Eliana Cuevas Eliana Cuevas is a Canadian jazz singer, whose music blends jazz with Latin music.Eliana Falco Eliana Falco (born 21 July 1987) is a team handball player from Uruguay. She plays on the Uruguay women's national handball team, and participated at the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship in Russia and the 2011 World Women's Handball Ch ...

, Uruguayan handball player *

Eliana La Ferrara Eliana La Ferrara is an Italian economist and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Before receiving tenure at Harvard in 2022, she held the Fondazione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi Chair in Development Eco ...

, Italian economist *

Eliana Gaete Eliana Gaete Lazo (born 14 April 1932) is a retired track and field athlete from Chile. She earned gold medals in women's 80m hurdles at the 1951 and 1955 Pan American Games. She was born in Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in no ...

, Chilean track and field athlete *

Eliana Gil Eliana Gil (born 24 April 1948), is a lecturer, writer, and clinician of marriage, family and child. She is on the board of a number of professional counselling organizations that use play and art therapies, and she is the former president of the ...

, Ecuadoran clinician *

Eliana González Eliana González del Riego (born 1 June 1969) is a Peruvian table tennis player. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won gold in the 2023 Pan American Masters Table Tennis Championships. She also competed ...

, Peruvian table tennis player
Eliana Horn
Miss Asian Global Love is the Cure Ambassador *

Eliana Johnson Eliana Yael Johnson (born ) is an American journalist and editor-in-chief of the '' Washington Free Beacon''. Early life and education Johnson is the daughter of Sally (née Zusman) and Scott W. Johnson, one of the three Dartmouth lawyers who ...

, American journalist *

Eliana Jones Eliana Jones (born October 28, 1997) is a Canadian actress. She first came to attention as the younger version of the Alex character on '' Nikita'' (2010–2012), and in the recurring role of Alexa Sworn, one of the twin daughters of the sherif ...

, Canadian actress * Eliana Krawczyk, Argentine naval officer *

Eliana García Laguna Eliana García Laguna (born 21 February 1958) is a Mexican politician and member of civil society organizations. As of 2003 she served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress The LIX Legislature (59th session) of the Congress ...

, Mexican politician *

Eliana Pintor Marin Eliana Pintor Marin (born October 23, 1980) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly, having been named to the seat on September 11, 2013, to fill the vaca ...

, American politician *

Eliana Mason Eliana Marie Mason (born September 1, 1995) is an American goalball player who competes in international-level events. Early life Born on September 1, 1995 to Kevin and Joanna Mason. She is Greek American and is a cousin of model and social me ...

, American goalball player *

Eliana Menassé Eliana Menassé is a Mexican painter and member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, an honor society for Mexican artists. Life Menassé was born in New York, but has lived in Mexico since she was two years old and considers herself Mexican. ...

, Mexican painter * Eliana Navarro, Chilean poet *

Eliana Paco Paredes Eliana Paco Paredes (born c.1982) is an indigenous Aymara Bolivian fashion designer from La Paz. In 2016, after exhibiting her chola designs at the Bolivia Fashion Week in June, she achieved recognition in New York City, participating in the Septe ...

, Bolivian fashion designer *

Eliana Pittman Eliana Pittman (born Eliana Leite Da Silva; August 14, 1945), is a Brazilian former singer and actress. Pittman was one of the more soulful singers of the early 1970s. The stepdaughter of the jazz saxophonist Booker Pittman, she was deeply infl ...

, Brazilian singer and actress * Eliana Printes, Brazilian singer and composer *

Eliana Ramos Eliana "Elle" Ramos (December 23, 1988 – February 13, 2007) was a Uruguayan fashion model. Modeling Ramos was a fashion model in Latin America and was signed to Dotto Models, a prestigious modeling agency based in Argentina. Outside of ...

, Uruguayan fashion model *

Eliana Riggio Eliana Riggio, also known as Eliana Riggio Chaudhuri, is an Italian UN official, humanitarian and author. She worked for UNICEF in India for ten years, coordinating field projects in urban areas, helping to develop city plans which focused on basic ...

, Italian UN official and author * Eliana Rubashkyn, Colombian-born New Zealander LGBTI activist *

Eliana Stábile Eliana Noemí Stábile (born 26 November 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Boca Juniors and the Argentina women's national team. She is not related to Argentinian football legend Guillermo Stábile. Cl ...

, Argentine footballer * Eliana Tomkins, British musician *

Eliana Tranchesi Eliana Maria Piva de Albuquerque Tranchesi (; November 24, 1955 – February 24, 2012) was a Brazilian entrepreneur and owner of Daslu, a fashion house located in São Paulo that specialized in international brands. She brought to Brazilian sto ...

, Brazilian entrepreneur *

Elyanna Elian Amer Marjieh (sometimes credited as Margieh; ; born January 22, 2002), known professionally as Elyanna (), is a Palestinian and Chilean singer-songwriter, merging Arabic music with Latin rhythms to create an experimental Arab-pop sound th ...

, a Palestinian-Chilean singer-songwriter

Other uses

Places

L'Eliana L'Eliana () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of the Valencian Community, ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria in the Valencia (autonomous community), Valencian Community, Spain. Neighborhoods * Casco Antiguo ** Les Casetes ...

, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain

Ships

* SS Santa Eliana, previously the

SS Mayaguez SS ''Mayaguez '' was a U.S.- flagged container ship that is best known for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in a confrontation with the United States at the close of the Vietnam War. Service history ...

Media

* '' Eliana'', the romantic novel by Samuel Pordage; * '' Eliana, Eliana'', an

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n film directed by

Riri Riza Mohammad Rivai "Riri" Riza (born October 2, 1970) is an Indonesian film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter, writer. He is notable for his directorial work on ''Petualangan Sherina'' (''Sherina's Adventure''; 2000), ''Gie'' (2005) ...

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