Alla (female name)

Alla (Russian: А́лла) is a Russian and Ukrainian female given name.

The Orthodox Christian Church usually relates the name with Saint Alla,^[1] the widow of a Gothic chieftain, martyred in King Athanaric's times. Since the name is also spread among Tatars, there is some speculation that the name has its origin in the pre-Islamic goddess Allat. The name Alla is also widespread in Iceland.

It is also the surname of some Indian families. Especially in Hindu families of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

People

• Alla Ablaberdyeva (born 1953), Russian singer
• Alla Aleksandrovska (born 1948), Ukrainian politician
• Alla Alekseyeva (born 1934), Russian rower
• Alla Bayanova (1914–2011), Russian singer
• Alla Beknazarova (born 1984), Ukrainian ice dancer
• Alla Cherkasova (born 1989), Ukrainian wrestler
• Alla Demidova (born 1936), Russian actress
• Alla Dzhioyeva (born 1949), South Ossetian politician
• Alla Gerber (born 1932), Russian journalist
• Alla Hasanova (born 1970), Azerbaijani volleyball player
• Alla Kazanskaya (1920–2008), Russian actress
• Alla Kudryavtseva (born 1987), Russian tennis player
• Alla Nazimova (1879–1945), Russian actress
• Alla Pugacheva (born 1949), Russian singer
• Alla Sidorovskaya (born 1983), Russian footballer
• Alla Sizova (1939–2014), Russian ballet dancer
• Alla Sosnitskaya (born 1997), Russian gymnast
• Alla Tsuper (born 1979), Belarusian skier
• Alla Vazhenina (born 1983), Kazakh weightlifter
• Alla Yaroshinskaya (born 1953), Ukrainian politician

References

1. Martyr Alla the laywoman in the Crimea on the page: Lives of all saints commemorated on March 26