Allanah?

[Cuppasoupmonster]

What do you think? Honest reviews please! How would you spell it?

I've seen:
Alana
Alanna
Alannah
All fine spellings in my opinion.

Allanah looks strange to me and reminds me of "Allah".

What kuvira said.
Regardless of how you spell it, people will try to use a different spelling, and even with 2 Ns some will say A-lah-na

Elana is just wrong.

Regardless of how you spell it, people will try to use a different spelling, and even with 2 Ns some will say A-lah-na.

Isn't that the right way to say it?

I quite like it as a name but don’t like that spelling. I would go for Alanna or Alannah.

@Foxesforme I would pronounce it Al-anna

I did meet one with the Allanah spelling and she pronounced it A- larna.

I always think of Alana as A-larna and Alannah as A-lanna.
I like both.

It sounds wishy washy and for some reason I hear it in an Australian accent?! It's not for me
What about Allegra or Athena for a more real sounding A name, or just Lana?

Lana is ‘anal’ backwards ☹️

Looks like a very convoluted way of spelling the much easier version of Alana.

I associate Alana with Australia, probably because of the gymnast Allana Slater from around twenty years ago and it was the first time I’d heard the name. Probably not a widely know reference though. I prefer the Alana spelling.

I’ve only ever seen it Alannah.

It’s Irish name derived from “oh child” but kind of equivalent to “my darling”, nothing to do with the name Alan.

Alannah banana. Just reminded me of a girl I went to school with who got this all the time.

I love the name Alannah I wanted it but dh was on a firm no (an x I learned) but its so pretty and many nm options if you like that

I have same problem with Alana as I do with Lana

Gorgeous. Same kind of sounds as lots of trendy names (Elena, Elana, Elora etc) but a bit more classic to my ear.

I would spell it Alannah. I think it’s okay, a nice enough and solid name. I prefer the similar sounding Eliana over Alannah for some reason.

Ah this reminds me of a programme I watched as a kid where the ‘meanie girls’ were both called Alana? Or maybe one was called Alana and the other rhymed with Alana. It was set in Australia so maybe that’s why others associate it with Australia too 😂

I like Ria Alannah King!

Alannah

Alannah - I love it.

That just looks like you can’t spell! If I saw that name in my classroom I’d expect trouble ahead…

Never did understand why some people think giving an ‘original’ spelling of a name is a good thing. Bit chavvy really. Unless you’re REALLY posh, they do it too sometimes.

I can’t! It was just a guess as I couldn’t remember how to spell it off the top of my head.
I would probably go with ‘Alannah’

Alana with that spelling is nice