Eliana

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Eliana
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Gender Female
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Eliana (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese), אֶלִיעַנָה (Hebrew), Éliane (French), Elaine (English) Aeliana (Latin), Ηλιάνα (Greek), is a female name of Hebrew origin and the feminine form of Elian.

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[edit] Origin & Meaning

The girl's name Eliana \e-lia-na\ is pronounced e-lee-AH-nah. It is of Hebrew origin, literally translated as "My God has answered me." In Arabic, it is translated as "the Bright". The name may also be related to the Greek "elios" meaning "god of the sun", and the name may thus mean "daughter of the sun". In Latin, Eliana derives from the family name "Aelianus", which corresponds to the Greek word "helios", meaning "sun".

[edit] 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 251st most popular name used by females in the United States for 2007, according to the Social Secuirty Administration.

Popularity of the female name Eliana in the United States.

Year Rank
2007 251
2006 282
2005 302
2004 314
2003 346
2002 393
2001 493
2000 537
1999 624
1998 282
1997 282

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.

[edit] People named Eliana

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  • Eliana Chervin
  • Eliana Cuevas
  • Eliana McCann Smith

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  • Eliana S. Ramos

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