Alaina is the name of rapper Eminem's adoptive daughter, Alaina Mathers, nicknamed Lainie. She was mentioned in the song "Mockingbird". Alaina is Eminem's (Marshall Mathers') wife Kim's niece; Eminem has custody.
My name is Alaina, and I've always personally liked it. I always thought it was cool that I was the only one I knew with the name "Alaina" as opposed to names like "Emily" or "Katelyn" which are so popular.
-- Anonymous User 4/2/2007
I like this spelling of the name better than any other spellings of it.
I love the name Alaina, with the "i" spelling. I used this as the name of a main character in a story. I think it's a very elegant and even mysterious name.
Alaina Reed Hall is an American actress, best known for her roles as Olivia, Gordon's kid sister on Sesame Street and Rose Lee Holloway on 227. She is also credited as Alaina Reed.
This name is adorable! a cute nickname is Laine. My sister's middle name is Laine. I like the spelling Alayna, but I prefer Alaina. If I have a girl I'm naming her Alaina!
This is my cousin's name, and I love it. It's hard to believe that this is a "modern" name, because there's something I find so. *magical* about this name. Almost like it belongs in a fantasy/adventure story.
I came across this name because of Eminem and immediately fell in love with it. Five years later, it's still on my list. Though I sometimes cannot decide if I prefer this spelling or Alayna. I am not such a big fan of nicknames, but I happen to like all the possible ones for Alaina, except for Al. I don't even like that on a male. But there'd be no need for Al anyway, a tomboy named Alaina could always go by Lane.
It surprises me that this name as popular as it is. I figured that it would be somewhere past 500 or so on the Top 1000. It's seems to be rising every year as well, so by the time I might decide to have kids this name might have cracked the Top 100.
I have a friend named Alaina, and I think it's a pretty cool name. Personally, I don't find this name "special" or anything. I don't hate the name, but I think it's just not a name I'd use for something important and special to me.