Alaska
Native American
"great land"
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Updated Tue Sep 30 2025
Alaska Origin and Meaning
The name Alaska is a girl's name of Native American origin meaning "great land".
State name Alaska stems from an Aleutian word for the land mass itself. The number of baby girls named Alaska has doubled in the past five years, and is sure to continue increasing as more place names are annexed as baby names. Wilder but as habitable as Dakota or Cheyenne, Alaska is a girls' name choice for the future.
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Famous People Named Alaska
- Alaska Packard Davidsonfirst woman special agent in the FBI
- Alaskastage name of Maria Olvido Gara Jova, Spanish,Mexican singer
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- Alaska TaufaTongan male rugby union player
- Alaska Cahan (b. 2015)daughter of supermodel Anne Vyalitsyna
- Alaska Luxe Harvey (b. 2016)daughter of blogger Kyree Harvey
- Maxime Alaska Bossieux (b. 2011)daughter of musicians Richard Z. Kruspe of Rammstein and Margaux Bossieux
The name Alaska in Pop Culture
- Alaska Youngtitle character in John Green's "Looking for Alaska"