Alannah-Kate as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Alannah-Kate

What is the meaning of the name Alannah-Kate ?

The baby name Alannah-Kate is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /əˈlænə keɪt/ (respelling: uh-LAN-uh KAYT).

Alannah-Kate is Greek, Irish in Origin.

A modern double‑barrelled given name, Alannah‑Kate fuses Irish and Greek roots. Alannah is widely linked to the Irish Gaelic endearment a leanbh (“O child, darling child”), and is also sometimes treated as a feminine form of Alan, a Breton/Celtic name interpreted as “little rock” or “harmony.” Kate is the long‑standing English short form of Katherine (Greek Aikaterinē), most often explained via katharos, “pure,” though the exact origin is debated. Together, Alannah‑Kate carries the gentle sense of “darling child, pure.”

As a compound, it reflects the late‑20th‑ and early‑21st‑century rise of hyphenated first names in the UK, Ireland, and other English‑speaking regions. Alannah gained broader use in Ireland and Britain in the mid‑1900s, while Kate has been steady since the Middle Ages. Close variants and spellings include Alanna‑Kate, Alana‑Kate, Alannah Kate (unhyphenated), Alannah‑Cate, and extended forms such as Alannah‑Catherine or Alannah‑Kathryn.

⚙ Alannah-Kate doesn't appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.