Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Aliona is a romanization of Алёна. Алёна comes from Ancient Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aliona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 0 boys · 73 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,048 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,048 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 406 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.
Aliona’s family of names
In English usage, Aliona has a conventional equivalent in the Estonian form Ellen. In English usage, Aliona has a conventional equivalent in the Ukrainian form Альона. In English usage, Aliona has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Алёна.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aliona has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aliona
- Alyona AlyonaUkrainian rapperborn 1991
- Alona BondarenkoUkrainian tennis playerborn 1984
- Alena LedenevaBritish sociologistborn 1964
- Alena VinnitskayaUkrainian singerborn 1974
- Alena TironRussian female rugby union and rugby sevens player (1993-)
- Aliona BabakUkrainian politicianborn 1969
- Alyona KolesnikAzerbaijani amateur wrestlerborn 1995
- Alena ArshinovaRussian politician/model/sociologistborn 1985
- Alyona ShamotinaUkrainian athleteborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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