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Comments and insights on the name Alaina

This is my daughter's name...but I spelled it Alayna. I agree with Alaina's comments below... My daughter always is told what a beautiful name she has and the cons are correct too, people call her all sorts of variations and spell it many ways! But it is a beautiful name!!! Her nick name is Ally or Laney

PRONOUNCED: ə-LAYN-ə

I had a teacher called Alaina. On the timetable it was misspelled as Ailaina, so everyone went around all year calling her Eyeliner. The nickname stuck, not that she minded too much.

Personal experiences with the name Alaina

My first name is Alaina (born in 1982).

pros: I have received many comments over the years about what a beautiful name it is. It is a more unusual name that you don't hear everyday. It was a good fit with my maiden name, and it flows well with my married name. I don't think there are many last names it wouldn't go with.

cons: It is regularly mispronounced, even though to me it is pretty straight forward. It is most commonly mispronounced E-laina, A-lina, Ali-ana, A-lana. Don't even get me started on how people spell it when they are writing it, I get the whole gamut of misspellings (it is a running joke in my office).

Nicknames for Alaina

Lainey/Lainy/Lainie/Laney
Ali/Ally/Allie
Al
Lane/Lain
Lai-Lai

Meanings and history of the name Alaina

Variant of of ALANA, probably influenced by ELAINE.

Famous real-life people named Alaina

Alaina Mathers, daugther of rapper Eminem
Alaina Reed, actress on Sesame Street in the 70's and television show 227 in the mid-80's.

Alaina in song, story & screen

Main character in the book "Ashes in the Wind" by Kathleen Woodiwiss

"Mockingbird" Song By Eminem