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Meaning depends on the naming route; not established in this review.
The dictionary records Romance Eliane/Elian/Aelianus, medieval Iliana and modern Eli- plus -(i)ana formations. These are formation descriptions, not a settled literal meaning. The separately reviewed English entry identifies Hebrew use without providing a literal gloss, so the licensed Jehovah-is-God interpretation is not approved.
Several formations; Hebrew use also documented.
The dictionary describes possible Italian/Spanish Eliane-family, Iliana-related and modern Eli- formations. The exact English Wiktionary entry separately records Hebrew-derived use. These remain distinct routes, not one ancestry assigned to every bearer. Supplemental Hebrew-use evidence: Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names.
Ellie-ah-na (a bearer’s English-language guide)
Sister Eliana Day provides this guide to her own name in an English-language first-person account, published in The Catholic Witness on 12 September 2014, page 6. This documents one bearer’s reading, not a rule for every language or family. The source does not explicitly mark stress; no stress pattern or IPA is added. Portuguese readings remain separate.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 673 · preliminary | 17 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 275 (rounded to 5) | 213 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 736 | 62 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 14 | 140 | Two rank discrepancies and alternate-view differences retained. Automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 35 | 129 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 27 | 173 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 8,191 | 10 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 5 | 12008 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English entry documents given-name use. This is separate from linguistic origin, nationality and ancestry; no English pronunciation is inferred where the entry gives no IPA. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact Portuguese entry explicitly identifies a female given name. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eliana&oldid=89090174. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed the Portuguese personal-name readings and kept them separate from English pronunciation, Catalan place-name use and Finnish inflected forms. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The dictionary records Romance Eliane/Elian/Aelianus, medieval Iliana and modern Eli- plus -(i)ana formations. These are formation descriptions, not a settled literal meaning. The separately reviewed English entry identifies Hebrew use without providing a literal gloss, so the licensed Jehovah-is-God interpretation is not approved. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 126. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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Two documented Brazilian Portuguese readings; this is not an English reading guide. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eliana&oldid=89090174. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed the Portuguese personal-name readings and kept them separate from English pronunciation, Catalan place-name use and Finnish inflected forms. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Documented Portugal and northern Portugal readings, kept geographically qualified and separate from English. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Eliana&oldid=89090174. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed the Portuguese personal-name readings and kept them separate from English pronunciation, Catalan place-name use and Finnish inflected forms. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The dictionary describes possible Italian/Spanish Eliane-family, Iliana-related and modern Eli- formations. The exact English Wiktionary entry separately records Hebrew-derived use. These remain distinct routes, not one ancestry assigned to every bearer. Supplemental Hebrew-use evidence: Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 126. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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Sister Eliana Day provides this guide to her own name in an English-language first-person account, published in The Catholic Witness on 12 September 2014, page 6. This documents one bearer’s reading, not a rule for every language or family. The source does not explicitly mark stress; no stress pattern or IPA is added. Portuguese readings remain separate. Credit: Sister Eliana Day, The Catholic Witness, Diocese of Harrisburg. Sources: https://www.hbgdiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/09/SEPTEMBER-12-2014.pdf. License: original brief factual summary; source rights retained (see linked source publications). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names retained only the short written reading aid and its scope. No IPA invented; no publication passage, photograph or audio reproduced; no open license claimed.
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The scholarly entry identifies a possible Eliane-related formation. This conditional relationship does not make the names interchangeable spellings, transfer pronunciation or select a universal literal meaning. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 126. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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The scholarly entry identifies a possible Iliana-related formation. This conditional relationship does not make the names interchangeable spellings, transfer pronunciation or select a universal literal meaning. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 126. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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Related English forms with a shared linguistic source; not interchangeable spellings or a nickname claim. Popularity counts remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact entry presents possible formations rather than a single literal gloss. The licensed wording remains stored as superseded evidence. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 126. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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The exact English given-name entry identifies Hebrew-derived use, without an English IPA or literal meaning. This route is retained alongside the scholarly formation accounts. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The written guide divides into Ellie, ah and na; Ellie itself has two syllables. This four-syllable count applies to this English reading aid, not to compressed readings in other languages. Credit: Sister Eliana Day, The Catholic Witness, Diocese of Harrisburg. Sources: https://www.hbgdiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/09/SEPTEMBER-12-2014.pdf. License: original brief factual summary; source rights retained (see linked source publications). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names retained only the short written reading aid and its scope. No IPA invented; no publication passage, photograph or audio reproduced; no open license claimed.
Original factual summary; source rights retained
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
