Great land
Derived from the Aleut word 'Alakshak', which means 'great land' or 'mainland'. It is the indigenous root word from which the name of the state of Alaska was eventually formed.
Less common today
Alyeska isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #10,940 in 2021.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
The protagonist's sled dog in the novel · The Great Alone
