Given name & surname
Alona
“one who is as strong as an oak”
Alona is a variant of Allona. In Hebrew use, Allona carries the interpretation “one who is as strong as an oak.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alona is a variant of Allona. In Hebrew use, Allona carries the interpretation “one who is as strong as an oak.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,197
- 0 boys · 3,197 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 107 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,521 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,521 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 26.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 107 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,320 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.
Alona’s family of names
Alona has a related form in Allona. In Greek usage, Alona as a surname is a transliteration of Αλώνα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alona
- Alona TalIsraeli actress and singerborn 1983
- Alona KimhiIsraeli actress and writerborn 1966
- Alyona Andrukracing cyclistborn 1987
- Alona Frankelwriter and illustratorborn 1937
- Alona RodehIsraeli-Romanian visual artist born 1979
- Alona Kvashaformer artistic gymnastborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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