Precious, awakening, or rock
Allaina is a modern variant of Alana or Alaina. It likely stems from the Old Breton word for 'precious' or the Germanic word for 'awakening', though it is also associated with the Gaelic word for 'rock'.
Less common today
Allaina isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,654 in 2015.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).