Alayna

Variant of ALAINA.

ALAINA   female   English (Modern)
Variant of ALANA, probably influenced by ELAINE.
ALANA   female   English
Feminine form of ALAN.
ALAN   male   English, Scottish, Breton, French
The meaning of this name is not known for certain. It was used in Brittany at least as early as the 6th century, and it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton. Alternatively, it may derive from the tribal name of the Alans, an Iranian people who migrated into Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries.

This was the name of several dukes of Brittany, and Breton settlers introduced it to England after the Norman conquest. Famous modern bearers include Alan Shepard (1923-1998), the first American in space and the fifth man to walk on the moon, and Alan Turing (1912-1954), a British mathematician and computer scientist.
ELAINE   female   English, Arthurian Romance
From an Old French form of HELEN. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation 'Le Morte d'Arthur' Elaine was the daughter of Pelleas, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad. It was not commonly used as an English given name until after the appearance of Tennyson's Arthurian epic 'Idylls of the King' (1859).
HELEN   female   English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
English form of the Greek ‘Ελενη (Helene), probably from Greek ‘ελενη (helene) "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to σεληνη (selene) "moon". In Greek mythology Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. The name was also borne by the 4th-century Saint Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, who supposedly found the True Cross during a trip to Jerusalem.

The name was originally used among early Christians in honour of the saint, as opposed to the classical character. In England it was commonly spelled Ellen during the Middle Ages, and the spelling Helen was not regularly used until after the Renaissance. A famous bearer was Helen Keller (1880-1968), an American author and lecturer who was both blind and deaf.
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Alaina, Alana, Alanis, Alanna, Alannah, Alannis, Allana, Allannah
IRISH: Alannah
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Lana
MASCULINE FORMS
BRETON: Alan
CROATIAN: Alen
ENGLISH: Al, Alan, Allan, Allen, Allyn
FRENCH: Alain, Alan
IRISH: Ailín
SCOTTISH: Alan, Allan, Allen
SLOVENE: Alen
WELSH: Alun
OTHER FORMS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Shelena
ANCIENT GREEK: Helena, Helene
ARTHURIAN ROMANCE: Elaine
BULGARIAN: Elena
CROATIAN: Helena, Jela, Jelena, Jelica, Jelka
CZECH: Alena, Helena, Ilona, Lenka
DANISH: Eli, Elin, Ella, Helen, Helena, Helene, Lena, Lene
DUTCH: Heleen, Heleentje, Helena
ENGLISH: Elaina, Elaine, Ella, Elle, Ellen, Ellie, Elly, Helen, Helena, Hellen, Lainey, Laney, Lena, Nelda, Nell, Nelle, Nellie, Nelly
ESTONIAN: Helena, Jelena, Leena
FINNISH: Eliina, Elina, Ella, Heleena, Helena, Heli, Ilona, Leena
FRENCH: Hélène
GEORGIAN: Elene
GERMAN: Alena, Elena, Helena, Helene, Ilona, Lena, Lene, Leni
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Helen, Helena, Helene
GREEK: Eleni
HUNGARIAN: Heléna, Ili, Ilike, Ilka, Ilona, Ilonka
ICELANDIC: Helena
IRISH: Léan
ITALIAN: Elena, Ileana
LATVIAN: Elīna, Helēna, Ilona, Jeļena, Jelena
LITHUANIAN: Elena, Ilona, Jelena
MACEDONIAN: Elena
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Elena
NORWEGIAN: Eli, Elin, Ella, Helen, Helena, Helene, Lena, Lene
POLISH: Helena, Ilona, Lena
PORTUGUESE: Helena, Lena
ROMANIAN: Elena, Ileana, Ilinca, Lenuța
RUSSIAN: Alyona, Elena, Lena, Yelena
SCOTTISH: Eilidh
SERBIAN: Jela, Jelena, Jelica, Jelka
SLOVAK: Alena, Elena, Helena, Jela, Lenka
SLOVENE: Alena, Alenka, Helena, Jelena, Jelka
SPANISH: Elena, Ileana
SWEDISH: Elin, Elina, Ella, Helen, Helena, Helene, Lena
UKRAINIAN: Lesya, Olena
WELSH: Elen, Elin