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This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Lassana is a given name or surname that is an alternative transliteration of Al-Hassan, and may refer to: Lassana Bathily (born 1990), hero of the Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis Lassana Camará (born 1991), Bissau-Guinean footballer
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
In the Welsh Language, the name can mean “melody” or “harmony” (alawn). [2] Additionally, Alana is a unisex given name in the Hawaiian Language , meaning “awakening”. [ 3 ] It is sometimes considered a variation of Helena , which derives from the Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), meaning “bright” or “shining”.
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Lena is a feminine given name with several origins and meanings. In Greek, it is a short form of Helena (Ἑλένη), meaning “torch” or “shining light.” In Germanic cultures, it may be a diminutive of names like Magdalena or Alena, [1] meaning “elevated,” “exalted,” “great,” or “bright,” or derived from the Germanic suffix -lein, meaning “little.”
The name's use in Irish probably derives from the phrase a leanbh, which was used to call a child. [citation needed] In Hawaiian it means 'calm as still waters' or 'afloat'. Lana is a shortened name for Milana. [2] In the English-speaking world, the name was popularized by actress Lana Turner and singer Lana Del Rey.
Elena, an 18-year-old girl from the Wii game Pandora's Tower Elena, a Soviet scientist in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey Elena, played by Vera Filatova, is a resident of Apollo House and one of Jez's love interests in Peep Show (British TV series)