Alanis - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Alanis \a-la-nis\ is a variant of Alana (Old German, Hawaiian) and Allena (Old German), and the meaning of Alanis is "precious; awakening".

The baby name Alanis sounds like Ilanis, Alanza, Alanice and Ilanys. Other similar baby names are Alani and Alais.

Alanis is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#6135 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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