Eliana, Elianna, אֱלִיעָנָה (Hebrew), Eλιάνα (Greek), إليانا (Arabic), is a feminine given name found with that spelling in Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Origin and meaning Many sources derive it from Hebrew, literally translated as "My God has answered." It is analysed as three Hebrew elements: el "god", anah "he has answered", and the yod following el, which marks first-person possession.
A separate proposed origin is the Late Latin Aeliāna, the feminine form of Aeliānus, an adjectival derivative of the Roman gens name Aelius. Teresa Norman derives this in turn from Greek (, "sun").
Some variants include Iliana, Ileana, and Eleana.
Popularity
United States Eliana first appeared in the Social Security Administration's top 1000 rankings in 1986 at rank 451. The name climbed steadily through the 2000s and 2010s, entering the top 50 in 2018 and the top 20 in 2024. In 2025, Eliana debuted in the top 10 at number 10, replacing Ava, with 8,191 births representing 0.466 percent of total female births that year.
The commercial parenting site BabyCenter, which compiles rankings from names submitted by its users, placed Eliana at number 7 for 2025, up from number 14 the previous year.
+ Rank of Eliana among female births in the United States, by year Year Rank20251020241820233420224120214720205320196220188420178820169320151022014117201312520121442011155201016820091932008201200724820062782005304200431420033472002393200149320005371999624199870819977821996886199499519939931992917199174519878271986451
Rank 1 is the most popular. Years not listed are years in which Eliana did not rank within the top 1000. Data are drawn from Social Security card applications for births occurring in the United States.
Notable people with the name Eliana Kalogeras a tiker Eliana Alexander, Mexican actress Eliana Benador, Swiss-American consultant Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, Brazilian actress, known mononymously as Eliana Eliana Bórmida, Argentine architect Eliana Cardoso, Brazilian professor Eliana Chávez, Colombian sprinter Eliana Cuevas, Canadian musician Eliana Falco, Uruguayan handball player Eliana La Ferrara, Italian economist Eliana Gaete, Chilean track and field athlete Eliana Gil, Ecuadoran clinician Eliana González, Peruvian table tennis player Eliana Johnson, American journalist Eliana Jones, Canadian actress Eliana Krawczyk, Argentine naval officer Eliana García Laguna, Mexican politician Eliana Pintor Marin, American politician Eliana Mason, American goalball player Eliana Menassé, Mexican painter Eliana Navarro, Chilean poet Eliana Paco Paredes, Bolivian fashion designer Eliana Pittman, Brazilian singer and actress Eliana Printes, Brazilian singer and composer Eliana Ramos, Uruguayan fashion model Eliana Riggio, Italian UN official and author Eliana Rubashkyn, Colombian-born New Zealander LGBTI activist Eliana Stábile, Argentine footballer Eliana Tomkins, British musician Eliana Tranchesi, Brazilian entrepreneur Elyana, Malaysian singer and actress Elyanna, Palestinian-Chilean singer-songwriter
Other uses
Places L'Eliana, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain
Ships SS Santa Eliana, previously the SS Mayaguez
Media
Eliana, the romantic novel by Samuel Pordage; Eliana, Eliana, an Indonesian film directed by Riri Riza.
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