Meaning behind the name?

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grog

This is what it says...

ALANA f
Usage: English
Pronounced: a-LAN-a
Feminine form of ALAN

Which isn't true, actually...my name is Celtic, not English, and it's real meaning has NOTHING to do with the meaning of 'Alan' 😑

On another site I find the actual meaning for my name (though it was listed under an alternate spelling...then again, my name is originally spelled 'Alannagh' and my mom Americanized it a bit because she figured no one would be able to pronounce it...like anyone can the way it's spelled anyway)...it means comely and fair.

alana is quite common in nz

JAMES m
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAYMZ
English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Iakobos, the New Testament Greek form of Ya'aqob . In the New Testament James is an important apostle, the brother of the apostle John. According to the Book of Acts he was beheaded by Herod Agrippa. Another James is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus. Kings of England and Scotland have borne this name. Other famous bearers include the inventor of the steam engine James Watt, the explorer Captain James Cook, and the novelist and poet James Joyce.

glenn
usage: Scottish but i'm english

JOHN m
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAHN
English form of Johannes, which was the Latin form of the Greek name Ioannes, itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "YAHWEH is gracious". This name owes its consistent popularity to two New Testament characters, both highly revered as saints. The first was John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus Christ, who was beheaded by Herod Antipas. The second was the apostle John who was also supposedly the author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation. The name has been borne by 23 popes, as well as kings of England, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and France. It was also borne by the poet John Milton and the philosopher John Locke.

KATARINE f
Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Polish
German, Danish, Dutch and Polish contracted form of KATHERINE

KATHERINE f
Usage: English
Pronounced: KATH-u-rin, KATH-rin
From the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine, which came from hekateros "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek aikia "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans falsely derived it from Greek katharos "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this. The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on the famous Catherine wheel. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.

MICHELLE f
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: mee-SHEL (French), mi-SHEL (English)
French feminine form of MICHAEL

i never knew that

KIMBERLY f
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIM-bur-lee
From the name of a city in South Africa which was originally named for Lord Kimberley, whose surname means "land belonging to CYNEBURGA" in Old English.

What does your name mean???!!!!!

http://www.behindthename.com/

Michael

From the Hebrew name Miyka'el which meant "who is like God?". This was the name of one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers. This was also the name of nine Byzantine emperors and a czar of Russia. Other more modern bearers of this name include the 19th-century chemist/physicist Michael Faraday and basketball player Michael Jordan.

damn straight smoke

AISLING
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ASH-ling [key]
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish Gaelic

FORREST
gee I dunno. what do u think? (sarcasm)

Luke

From the Greek name Loukas which meant "from Lucania". Lucania was a region in Italy. Saint Luke, the author of the third Gospel and Acts in the New Testament, was a doctor who travelled in the company of Saint Paul.

Gender: Male
Root: LUCUS
Origin: German, Irish, Danish, Dutch
Meaning: Light

Kenneth

Anglicized form of both COINNEACH and CINÁED. This name was borne by the Scottish king Kenneth (Cináed) mac Alpin, who united the Scots and Picts in the 9th century. Another famous bearer was Kenneth Grahame, the Scottish novelist who wrote 'The Wind in the Willows'.

ALANA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: a-LAN-a [key]
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Feminine form of ALAN

That's not right, though. Alana is actually a Celtic name meaning "beautiful maiden".

Originally posted by Lana
ALANA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: a-LAN-a [key]
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Feminine form of ALAN

That's not right, though. Alana is actually a Celtic name meaning "beautiful maiden".

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😂 i just grabbed the first site off google 😂

Originally posted by Ken Kenobi
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Yeah I know 😛

You guys want to know the origina spelling of Alana? There's a bunch of variations and my name is only one of them.

JOSÉ
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: ho-SE (Spanish), zho-ZE (Portuguese) [key]
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Spanish and Portuguese form of JOSEPH

JOSEPH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Biblical
Pronounced: JO-sef (English), zho-ZEF (French) [key]
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From the Latin Josephus, which was from the Greek Iosephos, which was from the Hebrew name Yoseph meaning "he will add". In the Old Testament Joseph was the eleventh son of Jacob. Because he was the favourite of his father, his older brothers sent him to Egypt and told their father that he had died. In Egypt, Joseph became an advisor to the pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled with his brothers when they came to Egypt during a famine. This is the name of two characters in the New Testament: Joseph the husband of Mary and Joseph of Arimathea. Also, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire have had this name.