Eliana
A Hebrew name that reads as "my god has answered." In Poland it's only now catching on: rare enough that most people have never met an Eliana, yet handed to more newborn girls in each of the last few years.
Eliana Pronunciation
Eliana is pronounced el-YAH-nah (/ɛlˈjana/).
What Eliana means
Where Eliana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Eliana grows from Hebrew. Eli means "my God," and the ending reaches back to a verb of answering, so the whole name reads as a short sentence: my God has answered. It began as a prayer given human shape.
The name shares its opening with Eliahu and Eliezer, where that same Eli holds the sense of God. Jewish families have used Eliana across many countries, and in Italy it settled in as a native form, comfortable among the language's open vowels. It travels without diminutives, offered whole.
On a Polish class register today, Eliana can sit between Emilia and Ewa, a name that Polish spelling takes in without trouble. The meaning waits inside it. Bóg mnie wysłuchał, my god has answered.
How many people are named Eliana
1 in 49222 women in Poland is named Eliana. 458 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1381 among female names.
Eliana's popularity over time
31 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #436 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2008.
Where Eliana is most popular
Eliana is most popular in Lower Silesian, 114% above the national average (16 girls born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+49%) and Lesser Poland (+39%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Greater Poland, 65% and 32% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian16 girls born+114%
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West Pomeranian6 girls born+49%
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Lesser Poland15 girls born+39%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian6 girls born+15%
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Masovian19 girls born+13%
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Silesian12 girls born+11%
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Pomeranian7 girls born0%
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Opole2 girls born−9%
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Lubusz2 girls born−15%
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Łódź5 girls born−17%
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Lublin4 girls born−18%
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Greater Poland7 girls born−32%
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Subcarpathian2 girls born−65%
Eliana as a middle name
Eliana is a first name for 458 women in Poland and a middle name for another 98, an 82/18 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 674th, between Nell (99) and Wisława (98).
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#672 Marianne99
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#673 Nell99
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#674 Eliana98
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#675 Wisława98
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#676 Alojzja97