Alla (female name) explained

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

The Eastern Orthodox Church usually relates the name with,^[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.

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 Gryaznova (born 1937), Russian economist
• Alla Hasanova (born 1970), Azerbaijani volleyball player
• Alla Horska (1929-1970), Ukrainian artist
• Alla Ilchun (1926–1989), Kazakhstani model
• Alla Kazanskaya (1920–2008), Russian actress
• Alla Korot (born 1970), Ukrainian-American actress
• Alla Kravets (born 1973), Ukrainian volleyball player
• Alla Kudryavtseva (born 1987), Russian tennis player
• Alla Nazimova (1879–1945), Russian actress
• Alla Osipenko (born 1932), Russian ballet dancer
• Alla Parunova, Georgian feminist and queer activist
• Alla Pugacheva (born 1949), Russian singer
• Alla Shekhovtsova (born 1964), Russian figure skating judge
• Alla Sidorovskaya (born 1983), Russian footballer
• Alla Sizova (1939–2014), Russian ballet dancer
• Alla Sosnitskaya (born 1997), Russian gymnast
• Alla O. Starostina, Ukrainian economist
• Alla Tsuper (born 1979), Belarusian skier
• Alla Vazhenina (born 1983), Kazakh weightlifter
• Alla Yaroshinskaya (born 1953), Ukrainian politician
• Alla Zahaikevych (born 1966), Ukrainian composer

Notes and References

1. http://www.oca.org/FSLivesAllSaintsPrint.asp?M=3&D=26 Martyr Alla the laywoman in the Crimea