Given name & surname
Alanda
“one who is precious”·“resembling a little rock”
In English use, Alanda is a feminine form of Alan. Interpretations include “one who is precious” and “resembling a little rock”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Alanda is a feminine form of Alan. Interpretations include “one who is precious” and “resembling a little rock”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Alanda is a feminine form of Alan. A possible origin is Celtic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Alanda is a feminine form of Alan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 731
- 0 boys · 731 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 658 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alanda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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